Other conditions Board decisions

The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for joint inflammation in each hand.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and adjudication of the issue of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The appeal was denied because the appellant's claim for VA disability benefits based on his alleged service during World War II has not been supported by new and material evidence.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as there was no evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's death and his military service.

The Board found that a service-connected disability did not cause or contribute substantially to the veteran's death, and that he was unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for shrapnel wound injury to the buttocks, genital herpes, and new and material evidence to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss.

The veteran's coccidioidomycosis is characterized by chronic pulmonary mycosis with minimal symptoms, such as occasional minor hemoptysis or productive cough. The Board finds that a rating in excess of 30 percent for the veteran's service connected coccidioidomycosis with lobectomy, right upper lobe, and resection, right fifth rib has not been met.

The Board found that the veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal in connection with the June 2003 rating decision, and thus denied the appeal as a matter of law.

The veteran's former attorney is granted the claim for revocation of the award of attorney fees from past-due benefits, in the calculated amount of $53,472.53.

The Board concluded that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially or materially contributed to by a disability incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service.

The Board found that the appellant did not have qualifying military service and therefore was not a veteran for purposes of entitlement to VA benefits.

The appellant's discharge from service, under other than honorable conditions, was under dishonorable conditions for VA purposes, thus constituting a bar to VA benefits.

The veteran has a factual need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, granting entitlement to SMC.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence regarding the timeliness of the request for a waiver.

The appellant is not eligible for VA DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 or non-service connected death pension benefits because her marriage to the veteran does not meet the requirements of 38 C.F.R. § 3.54(c).

The veteran's claim for service connection for neuroma of the third interspace of the right foot was denied as there is no evidence linking the condition to his in-service injury.

The veteran is not eligible for nonservice-connected disability pension because his period of service does not include a period of war.

The veteran's claim for service connection for testicular atrophy was not established until December 23, 2005, and thus the earliest effective date is that date.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the current severity of the veteran's service-connected ulcerative colitis.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the service connection claim for dental trauma, claimed as missing teeth and painful dentures.