Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including an examination by a fee-basis ophthalmologist to determine the cause of all loss of vision in the right eye and whether the post-service retinal detachment was related to the service-connected condition.

The veteran was overpaid $3,210.00 in VA compensation benefits due to a late notification of his son's withdrawal from school and termination as a dependent. The Board found that the veteran was at fault for not notifying VA promptly, but waived recovery is denied because repayment would not result in undue financial hardship.

The VA determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as dementia, did not arise in service or pre-exist service and was not permanently worsened therein. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection.

The case is being remanded for scheduling a Travel Board hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the North Little Rock, Arkansas, RO. The veteran requested a new hearing due to the same judge conducting his previous hearings no longer being employed by the Board.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of back injury, finding that the veteran's current low back condition is not related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic urinary disorder, sexual impotence, and psychiatric disability. The veteran's claims were based on direct service connection rather than secondary or presumptive service connection.

The veteran died from angiocarcinoma and the appellant is seeking service connection for this cause of death, claiming it was secondary to exposure to ionizing radiation during World War II. The case has been remanded due to incomplete information.

The veteran's income exceeds the maximum allowable pension rate for a veteran with one dependent, thus denying his claim for nonservice-connected disability pension.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA medical opinions and securing private treatment records. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered after these actions.

The Board has determined that additional development is required in the case due to a lack of recent medical opinions regarding the veteran's need for aid and attendance or being housebound. The case will be remanded for further examination and review.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected residuals of injury, MG XI, left is being remanded due to inadequate VCAA notice and the need for a new examination.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's claimed degenerative spine disability, including whether it is related to her service-connected bilateral foot disabilities. The appeal will be remanded for this purpose.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for duodenal ulcer and a fractured nasal bone, finding that the evidence did not support an increase in disability rating.

The veteran died from non-service-connected causes and did not meet the criteria for VA burial benefits, thus his claim was denied.

The Board determined that the veteran does not have pernicious anemia due to his service-connected postgastrectomy syndrome, and therefore, he is not entitled to special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance.

The veteran died from metastatic laryngeal carcinoma and was not receiving any VA benefits at the time of his death. The Board found that he did not meet the criteria for a burial allowance or plot/interment allowance due to lack of service connection, among other reasons.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, resulting in the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and conducting a new examination to determine the extent of his service-connected compartment syndrome.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic eye injury or vision-related condition during service and concluded that the veteran's current defective vision is not related to his military service.

The Board found that the veteran's rectal cancer and impotence were not incurred in or aggravated by his active service, nor are they proximately due to exposure to ionizing radiation. The residuals of a colostomy are also not linked to service connection.