Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's claim for competency status to handle VA funds was remanded for a field examination.

The appellant's application to be recognized as the child of the veteran for VA death benefit purposes was denied due to insufficient evidence.

The Board finds that the veteran's defective hearing was incurred in and as a result of service.

The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for increased evaluation of a left anterior shoulder dislocation has been remanded for the scheduling of a Travel Board hearing.

The veteran is entitled to reimbursement of the February 2005 Alabama State Bar examination fee.

The Board denied service connection for pneumonia and congestive heart failure as there is no competent evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's service.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of a TDIU was denied as there is no evidence that he met the criteria for the award prior to June 24, 2005.

The case was remanded for the RO to issue a VCAA notice letter regarding the claims and then review the evidence.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for aphasia, to include as secondary to service-connected residuals of a birdshot wound of the left scapula area, for further development.

The appeal was denied as there is no competent evidence of a current disability related to the veteran's subjective complaints of chest pain, and it cannot be linked to his service-connected paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.

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

The Board granted service connection for residuals of cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke), to include as a residual of meningioma lesion, based on the medical opinion that the causal origin of such disability began during the veteran's period of military service.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a private facility from April 4, 2005, to April 5, 2005, was denied because his condition had stabilized by April 3, 2005, and he could have been safely transferred to a VA facility.

The veteran's heart condition was not shown to be related to his service or his service-connected hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for lipomas, a disability manifested by a loss of reproductive capabilities, and a skin disability as these conditions were not related to the veteran's active military service including his participation in Project SHAD.

The Board granted service connection for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), finding that the evidence was in relative equipoise as to whether these conditions were due to exposure to herbicide agents during active service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a right paracentral herniated disc to obtain an additional medical opinion.

The veteran's service-connected disability, spondylolysis with nerve root irritation, is rated 60 percent and precludes him from engaging in any substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.

The veteran was granted payment or reimbursement for the private medical services he received at Boulder Community Hospital from September 3, 2005, to September 12, 2005, as the treatment provided was for a continued medical emergency and a VA or other federal facility was not feasibly available.

The appeal is remanded to reschedule the veteran for a hearing at the Detroit, Michigan RO due to his transportation difficulties.