Other conditions Board decisions

The appellant's claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits was denied because the school she attended, Wright Business School in Tulsa, was not approved by the State Approving Agency as a VA-approved institution at the time of enrollment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an eye disability, variously diagnosed as pattern dystrophy, acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (AMPPE), multifocal choroiditis, butterfly foveal dystrophy, and punctuate inner choroidopathy.

The appeal was remanded to ensure full compliance with VA's duties to notify and assist.

The case is remanded for additional development, including an orthopedic examination to determine the relationship between the veteran's service-connected disabilities and his right hip fracture, as well as whether the service-connected disabilities render him permanently bedridden or in need of regular aid and attendance.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder was remanded to clarify his representative and schedule a Travel Board hearing.

The Board remands the case to schedule a Travel Board hearing for the veteran.

The Board remands the case to the RO for a VA examination to determine whether the veteran's skin disorders are related to his service or service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's evaluation for bilateral sagittal split osteotomy with hydroxyl apatite augmentation of the mandibular alveolar ridge and callous, left mandibular split thickness skin graft was denied as an evaluation in excess of 10 percent was not warranted.

The Board granted service connection for flexion deformity and fixation of the distal interphalangeal joint of the right ring finger, finding that it was aggravated during active military service.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic skin disorder of the face, neck, and other sensitive areas, knife/stab wounds to the right earlobe, and damage to the integumentory (skin) system as these conditions were not shown to be related to the veteran's active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder due to exposure in service to herbicides, as there was no competent medical evidence linking his current skin conditions to active service or to herbicide exposure during service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities have not worsened to the point that he is unable to perform his duties as a telemarketer, and therefore additional vocational rehabilitation services are denied.

The appeal was denied because the evidence submitted since the March 2000 rating decision did not establish that new and material evidence had been received to reopen a claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran was denied service connection for residuals of a collapsed lung as there is no evidence that the condition is related to his military service.

The Board remands the claim for additional development to determine if the veteran has any current residual disabilities from an in-service heat exhaustion episode.

The Board denied service connection for beriberi, dysentery, and malaria as there is no evidence of a current disability or that the conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for restoration of DIC benefits as she remarried before reaching the age requirement set by the law.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding no evidence that his chronic myelogenous leukemia due to acute lymphocytic leukemia was related to his military service.

The Board finds that the evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the veteran's current loss of use of both feet is secondary to his service-connected residuals, L-1 fracture. Therefore, service connection for loss of use of both feet is granted.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing on the issue of apportionment of the veteran's nonservice-connected pension benefits.