Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected residuals of a right inguinal hernia repair with entrapment of superficial cutaneous nerve and separate compensable evaluation for entrapment of femoral nerve, finding that there was no evidence of recurrence of the hernia or new disability.

The Board found that the veteran's skin condition, diagnosed as inflammatory rosacea, was incurred in service and granted service connection. However, it did not find any evidence of hearing loss severity warranting a compensable rating.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a final denial of service connection for gastrointestinal disorder, and now seeks new evidence to reopen this claim. The veteran's petition to reopen was denied previously but he appealed it.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected residuals of back trauma with a compression fracture at L1, as it found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board has determined that the appellant is not the veteran's surviving spouse for VA benefit purposes due to a lack of valid marriage.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma due to exposure to herbicides (Agent Orange) as there was no evidence of herbicide exposure during his service in Thailand.

The Board denied the veteran's request to increase his disability rating from 40 percent to a higher level, finding that the evidence did not support such an increase.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have residuals of a neck and back injury incurred in service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for porokeratosis and calluses of the right foot. The facial skin condition issue is remanded, as are the initial rating claims for chronic ulcer disease and degenerative joint disease of the right knee.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of Behcet's disease/pan uveitis was denied as the earliest possible effective date provided by law has already been assigned.

The Board found that the appellant did not timely file a substantive appeal regarding the October 2002 administrative decision denying new and material evidence to reopen her claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has determined that the caretaker, not the appellant, is the designated beneficiary of the veteran's NSLI policy and thus entitled to its proceeds.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that while the personality disorder was first diagnosed in service, it is not considered a disease for compensation purposes.

The veteran's defective left ear hearing with postoperative residuals, mastoidectomy, and tympanoplasty is rated at 0 percent. The evidence does not support a higher rating.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to consider a challenge to an administrative decision regarding his motor vehicle accident in service.

The Board has determined that the discontinuance of pension payments from December 27, 2001 to May 2, 2005 and the creation of an overpayment in the amount of $17,624.53 was improper.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for special monthly pension (SMP) based on a need for aid and attendance or due to being housebound, finding that he does not meet the requirements for this benefit.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have residuals of a stress fracture to his left heel, and therefore service connection for this condition is denied.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the March 1995 decision is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for the cause of death under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.