Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's service-connected prepyloric ulcer has healed, and his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable disability evaluations for superficial retained shell fragments involving the skull and area around the eyes, as there was no evidence of scarring or limitation of function.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 40 percent for herniated nucleus pulposus at L5-S1 was remanded to provide the veteran with a new VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for additional nonservice-connected disability pension benefits for his two children, C. and A., as there was no evidence that they were members of the veteran's household or that he reasonably contributed to their support during the relevant time periods.

The appeal is remanded for a VA examination to determine if the veteran's hiatal hernia is secondary to his service-connected duodenal ulcer.

The claim for an increased rating is remanded to provide the veteran with a VA examination.

The character of the veteran's discharge for his service from September 1, 1969, to February 8, 1971, is a bar to VA benefits based on that period of service.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury and a fractured nose as there was no competent evidence showing the veteran currently suffers from these conditions.

The veteran's right lower leg disability results in no more than a slight ankle disability; a greater than 2 inch shortening of the right leg has not been shown.

The veteran's claim for a disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his shell fragment wound (SFW) of the left calf, with postoperative compartment syndrome was remanded for further development.

The claims for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1805 and § 1815 were denied as there was no competent evidence that the appellant has spina bifida or that her mother served in Vietnam.

The appellant's claims for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1805 and 38 U.S.C.A. § 1815 were denied because he is not a child of a Vietnam veteran and does not have standing to file such claims.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and adjudication of the issues on appeal.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development as outlined in M21-1 regarding claims for service connection based on herbicide exposure in locations other than Vietnam or the DMZ in Korea.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death as there was no evidence that metastatic colon carcinoma, the immediate cause of death, was related to his military service.

The Board remands the claim for further development, including a VA examination to determine if the veteran has liver disease and whether such is related to military service.

The appeal was dismissed as the notice of disagreement to the rating decision of May 2003, denying benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1805 for a child born with spina bifida, was not timely filed.

The veteran's claim for educational assistance benefits under the MGIB for training from September 1994 to December 1996 was denied because his application was filed more than one year after he completed his course of study.

The Board found that the evidence did not support an increased initial evaluation for PTSD prior to January 25, 2006. An initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent was denied.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and notification regarding the evidence needed to substantiate a claim for an increased rating for post-gastric resection, normal function, gastric reflux and hiatus hernia.