Other conditions Board decisions

The appeal is remanded to the agency of original jurisdiction for further development and adjudication.

The veteran's low back disability does not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent, and his service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for the residuals of multiple cerebral aneurysms, and that these conditions are causally or etiologically related to the veteran's military service.

The veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right fifth metacarpal, including a very mild deformity such that he holds his little finger to the side, pain upon repetitive use, and daily swelling, do not warrant a compensable rating.

The veteran's colon cancer was granted service connection based on a likely link between the cancer and his in-service asbestos exposure.

The veteran's claim for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes is being remanded to schedule him for a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for cancer of the colon and stomach, finding no evidence that it was related to military service or exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion to determine if the veteran's myasthenia gravis is related to service.

The veteran's claim to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for genetic macular degeneration, Stargardt's disease was denied because new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The appellant's husband was determined not to have had the required military service to be eligible for VA benefits.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for status-post left hip replacement with degenerative joint disease was denied as the evidence did not support a date earlier than May 5, 2004.

The Board found that the evidence submitted by the appellant was not sufficient to establish her spouse's service in the United States Armed Forces, and therefore denied the claim for death benefits as the surviving spouse.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to establish legal entitlement to VA death benefits.

The appeal is remanded to obtain a medical opinion on the relationship between impotence and service, as well as any aggravation by service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The veteran is not eligible for Service Disabled Veterans Insurance (RH) under 38 U.S.C. 1922(a) because he was discharged from active duty before April 25, 1951.

The veteran's household income exceeded the income threshold for entitlement to treatment in the VA health care system without a co-payment requirement for the period beginning December 1, 2004.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the veteran-appellant.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for urinary frequency, as there was no competent medical evidence of a current disability.

The Board granted service connection for mesothelioma, finding that the veteran was exposed to asbestos during his military service.