Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's delusional disorder, grandiose type (with schizoid personality disorder) did not warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent from November 7, 2005, to October 4, 2007. However, since October 5, 2007, the criteria for a 70 percent rating have been met.

The case was remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for degenerative joint disease of C6-C7 and C5-C6, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under the applicable criteria.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for intervertebral disc syndrome and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities were denied.

The veteran's claim for reimbursement of private medical expenses incurred in February 2004 was denied because the treatment was not authorized by VA and did not meet the criteria for emergency care.

The Board denied an increased apportionment of the veteran's disability compensation benefits on behalf of his son J.S. prior to July 1, 2000.

The appeal is remanded to obtain further evidence and an opinion regarding the veteran's eye conditions.

The veteran is entitled to a 100 percent schedular rating for thrombophlebitis of the right lower extremity due to massive board-like edema and unemployability.

The claim for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318(b) was denied as there is no evidence that the veteran had a total service-connected disability rating for 10 years prior to his death or that he was hypothetically entitled to such a rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a neurocardiogenic presyncope disorder, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between the condition and his military service.

The claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318(b) was denied as the veteran did not meet the criteria for a total service-connected disability rating for at least 10 years prior to his death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of $15,173.80 in VA disability compensation due to bad faith on his part.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD due to new and material evidence submitted since the previous denial in February 2002. The issue is now remanded for further development.

The Board found that the veteran was not a fugitive felon and therefore, termination of his disability compensation benefits from September 27, 2002 to April 3, 2003 due to fugitive felon status was not proper.

The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death, cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure, was not related to his military service or exposure to herbicides (Agent Orange). Therefore, service connection for the cause of death is denied.

The Board has determined that the character of the appellant's discharge from service is a bar to the payment of VA compensation benefits, and thus denied his claim.

Throughout the rating period on appeal, the veteran's bilateral tibial shin splints have been manifested by complaints of pain and swelling but without objective evidence of an associated knee or ankle disability. As such, a compensable rating for either leg is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to VCAA notification deficiencies and to obtain relevant medical records.

The Board found that the veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment was timely received, and thus remanded the case to the Committee on Waivers and Compromises for further adjudication.

The veteran's service-connected endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease with abdominal pain, and history of tuboovarian abscess was granted but rated at 0 percent disabling. The VA has now ordered additional development to determine the current nature and extent of her gynecological conditions.