Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has determined that the appellant is entitled to accrued benefits for burial expenses of the veteran's widow, who was receiving death pension benefits at her date of death. The effective date is set as June 27, 1993.

The Board has determined that additional notice is necessary for the DIC and burial allowance claims, and these issues are being remanded to the RO/AMC for further action.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's withdrawal of his appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim, but determined that the appellant is not considered the surviving spouse of the veteran for VA purposes.

The Board found that the veteran's muscle hernia of the left anterior tibial does not warrant a higher than 10 percent evaluation as there is no evidence of moderately severe or severe muscle injury. The current 10 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5326 (extensive muscle hernia without other injury to the muscle) remains appropriate.

The veteran's service cannot be considered active military, naval or air service for purposes of establishing entitlement to non-service connected death pension. Therefore, the claim must be denied as a matter of law.

The Board has determined that the appellant's spouse did not have qualifying service for VA death benefits, and thus denied the claim.

The veteran died of multiple myeloma with atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease. Since service connection was not in effect for any disability at the time of his death, he did not meet the criteria for nonservice-connected burial benefits.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for otosclerosis with bilateral defective hearing is being remanded due to the need for further examination and consideration.

The veteran's claim for service connection for right elbow disability was filed on February 8, 2003. The effective date of the grant of service connection is set at the date the claim was received, which is February 8, 2003.

The Board has remanded the case for additional procedural development, including legal authority to support a claim of clear and unmistakable error in the rating decision from March 1956.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination to determine if the appellant was permanently incapable of self-support due to her disabilities prior to her 18th birthday.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for his bilateral defective hearing, finding that his audiometric findings have never warranted a compensable rating.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at Good Samaritan Hospital and Diagnostic Imaging from June 23, 2005 to June 25, 2005. The issue of whether the veteran's claim for reimbursement for travel by ambulance is timely filed remains unresolved.

The case is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining the veteran's service personnel records and VA medical center records. The claims will be adjudicated again after this information has been gathered.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for myopia and ADHD, finding that there is no evidence of a chronic disability during or since service.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred on December 26, 2004 at Forrest General Hospital was denied because the chest pain did not meet the criteria for emergency treatment.

The veteran did not have Alzheimer's dementia that was causally or etiologically related to service or a service-connected disability. The cause of the veteran's death, listed as acute myocardial infarction, developed many years after service and was not caused by any disease or injury incurred in active service.

The Board has determined that an effective date earlier than January 9, 2006 for the grant of dependency and indemnity compensation is not warranted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's skin disease of the feet pre-existed service and was not aggravated during service, thus denying his claim for service connection.