Other conditions Board decisions

The Board determined that the appellant's deceased husband did not have recognized service, and therefore denied basic eligibility for VA benefits.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for costochondritis, arthritis, and a bilateral knee disability. The Board found that the veteran's costochondritis was incurred in service, but her arthritis and knee disabilities are not related to her military service.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right axilla was granted, and he is now rated at 20 percent effective June 22, 2007. The effective date for this increase remains September 30, 2004.

The Board has granted service connection for aggravated residuals of amputation of the second and third toes of the left foot, with callosities of the third metatarsal head. The appeal regarding timeliness of the substantive appeal for service connection for residuals of frostbite of the left foot is denied.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of current left leg or left rib disorders, and thus service connection for these conditions cannot be granted.

The Board has granted the appellant's request to be recognized as the surviving spouse of the veteran for purposes of Dependency Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits.

The veteran did not die of a service-connected disability, and thus is not eligible for nonservice-connected burial benefits.

The Board found that the veteran's benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and thus denied the claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's arthritis was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and may not be presumed to have been so incurred or aggravated due to exposure to ionizing radiation during service.

The veteran's 20% rating for shrapnel wound residuals was restored from January 1, 1983 to June 25, 1996.

The veteran's epididymitis with residuals of cyst excision has been rated at a 10 percent disability rating since the initial grant of service connection in March 2006.

The veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and he did not have the requisite wartime service for nonservice-connected pension. The claim for accrued benefits is denied as it was filed more than one year after his death.

The veteran's household income for the year preceding his application for treatment in VA's healthcare system without a copayment requirement exceeded the threshold, thus denying him eligibility.

The case is being remanded for initial consideration of death pension and special monthly pension benefits, including reimbursement of medical expenses.

The Board has denied the veteran's appeal of his June 2004 rating decision that denied service connection for varicose veins of the left leg, finding it was not timely filed.

The veteran's cardioembolic stroke was not caused by VA care, but the proximate cause of his condition was deemed to be the veteran's own negligence in not following medical instructions.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's inguinal adenopathy or lymphadenopathy disorder, finding that it is related to his military service.

The veteran seeks an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral calcified pleural plaquing, resultant from exposure to asbestos. The case is remanded due to the need for a current VA C&P pulmonary examination and consideration of new evidence.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including a VA examination to determine if the veteran's left leg disability is related to his service-connected right leg injury.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for residuals of malaria, as there is no current evidence of active disease or residual impairment.