Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran is incapable of securing and following substantially gainful employment primarily due to nonservice-connected disorders.

The Board remands the case for a medical professional to review the record and provide an opinion as to the severity of the veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder from July 2005 to present.

The veteran's initial evaluation for bilateral nephrocalcinosis was denied as the evidence did not show an initial rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for Graves' disease, a stomach condition, and drug and alcohol abuse as not being related to his military service or secondary to his PTSD. The TDIU claim was also denied.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing as requested by the veteran.

The appellant was not recognized as the veteran's surviving spouse for purposes of VA death benefits due to insufficient evidence supporting a valid common law marriage.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence regarding the veteran's claim to reopen a service connection claim for disability of the spine.

The Board denied an effective date prior to November 19, 1997, for a grant of a 10 percent rating for cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea.

The Board denied service connection for polyarthralgias and PTSD, finding no credible evidence linking the veteran's claimed conditions to his military service.

The veteran's claim for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in the acquisition of an automobile and adaptive equipment was denied, but the case is being remanded to provide him with a VA examination.

The termination of compensation benefits effective from December [redacted], 2001 to November [redacted], 2002, by reason of the veteran's fugitive felon status was proper.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased disability rating for residuals of a nasal fracture and service connection for a bilateral foot condition, as there was no evidence of current disability or nexus to service.

The veteran's service-connected right inguinal hernia does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to October 2006 and no more than a compensable rating is warranted thereafter.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic restrictive breathing disorder as there was no evidence of the condition in-service or that it is related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as there is no competent medical evidence of a current diagnosis of ALS and no indication that his condition is related to his active duty service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for infectious mononucleosis was denied because there is no evidence of a current disability related to the condition treated in service.

The appeal for an evaluation in excess of 40 percent disabling for residuals of incomplete Brown-Sequard syndrome, post-resection of grade I intramedullary ependymoma manifested as decreased bladder function is dismissed. The veteran's residuals of incomplete Brown-Sequard syndrome, post-resection of grade I intramedullary ependymoma manifested as decreased bowel function are rated at 100 percent.

The veteran's thoracic strain disability does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation, and an increased rating is denied.

The Board finds remand appropriate for three reasons: the veteran has not been provided full and proper notification under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, VA should conduct further examination into the residuals of the veteran's gunshot wound, and an additional Statement of the Case is appropriate in this matter.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death.