Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in its decision from April 1987, which denied a compensable rating for the service-connected residuals of a left forearm gunshot wound.

The Board remands the case for an additional medical examination to determine if the veteran's multiple ischemic strokes are related to in-service complaints of chest pain and left arm numbness.

The veteran is entitled to reimbursement for the cost of a prescription for Azmacort filled on November 22, 2005, at Elm Street Pharmacy.

The Board remands the veteran's claim for an ophthalmologic examination to determine if his myopia is related to his in-service exposure to anhydrous ammonia.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused or hastened by a service-connected disorder.

The veteran's service-connected residuals of stress fracture of the inferior pubic ramus, left pelvis, were evaluated at 10 percent and denied an increase.

The veteran's bilateral heel spurs and residuals of a fracture of the left great toe do not warrant ratings in excess of 10 percent, as the overall impairment associated with these conditions does not more nearly approximate moderately severe than moderate.

The appeal is remanded for additional development to address the impact of the veteran's service-connected intervertebral disc syndrome on his ability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation, finding that the current 20 percent rating was appropriate given the moderate impairment to muscle group III and slight impairment to muscle group V.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that the veteran has a rash on the hands that is of service onset or otherwise related thereto.

The Board denied a schedular rating higher than 30 percent but referred the case to Compensation and Pension Service for consideration of an extra-schedular rating.

The Board found that the veteran's pulmonary thromboembolism was not caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill or error in judgment on the part of VA health care providers and was a reasonably foreseeable event.

The veteran was granted an effective date of February 4, 1998, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and address the claim for service connection for vagal nerve syncope, claimed as vega nerve syndrome, on a secondary basis.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a shortened right leg and scoliosis were denied, as there was no evidence that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service. The veteran's initial rating for depression was maintained at 50 percent prior to January 26, 2004, and increased to 70 percent effective from that date.

The veteran was granted a 10 percent disability rating for herpes, based on periodic bouts of herpetic lesions and flare-ups.

The Board dismissed the veteran's motion for revision of a 2002 decision on clear and unmistakable error because that decision was vacated by the Court in 2003.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a hysterectomy as there is no competent evidence indicating that her treatment during service for a vaginal laceration precipitated or is otherwise related to her post-service hysterectomy or its residuals.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral leg condition was not related to his service and denied the claim.

The evidence presented is not new and material, and the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is denied.