Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for bilateral leg disability and left lung disorder, finding that the conditions were of post-service onset.

The veteran's claim for service connection for back strain was remanded to the RO for additional development, including scheduling a hearing if the veteran still desires one.

The Board denied the attorney's claim for payment of fees from past-due benefits awarded to the veteran's widow based on the RO's grant of DIC benefits.

The veteran's service-connected partial impotency due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome was not found to be manifested by a deformity of the penis, and therefore did not meet the criteria for an initial compensable evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a neck disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability or an in-service injury, disease, or event.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of nonservice-connected pension benefits was denied as no record or communication documented to have been received officially by VA before April 22, 2003, may be construed as a claim for such benefits.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for a fungal skin infection and an increased rating for degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine for further development.

The Board grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as his service-connected disabilities contributed to his demise.

The Board concluded that the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a right hip infection, claimed as a result of treatment received from a VAMC, was not established.

The Board granted an effective date of November 27, 1980, for the grant of service connection for a schizoaffective disorder.

The appellant's countable income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate for each year from 2003 to 2006, resulting in the denial of death pension benefits.

The veteran's initial rating for residuals of a pilonidal cyst, characterized as a scar, was denied an increase to more than 10 percent.

The veteran's hiatal hernia has been rated at 30 percent, and the Board found that there was no evidence to support a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for direct payment of an automobile allowance for a vehicle purchased before eligibility was established.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease, involving L5-S1, T12-L1, L1-L2 and a left hip disorder as secondary to residuals of a gunshot wound. However, it was determined that these conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, considering the impairment from the service-connected disability, and his education and occupational experience.

The veteran is unable to obtain or maintain any form of substantially gainful employment due to the effects of his service-connected disabilities.

The claim for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 was denied because the veteran did not meet the statutory duration requirements for a total disability rating at the time of his death.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for clarification of representation and to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remanded the veteran's TDIU claim for further development and adjudication, including obtaining additional medical evidence regarding his hemorrhoid disability.