Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for prostatitis in August 1979. The veteran attempted to reopen the claim, but new and material evidence was not received.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a nervous condition, memory loss, and skin rash as there is no medical evidence showing these conditions existed during or after service.

The Board found that the veteran's respiratory disability was not incurred in service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's request for retroactive apportionment of his nonservice-connected disability pension benefit payments during his period of incarceration, finding that information necessary for an apportionment determination was not provided within the required one-year period.

The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of fracture, proximal phalanx, right middle finger. The claim for increased rating for the scar on his left anterior neck is being remanded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to his military service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's bilateral foot disorder and costochondritis were not incurred or aggravated by military service, respectively. Therefore, service connection for these conditions was denied.

The veteran sustained total loss of vision in the right eye as a result of VA surgical treatment in January 2002, which was not reasonably foreseeable. The Board finds that the criteria for establishing entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 are met.

The Board has ordered the VA to obtain and associate all relevant treatment records from the veteran's cancer treatment, including those from the Muskogee VAMC and Shreveport VAMC. The case will be remanded for further action.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection as his right lung thoracotomy residuals are not considered to be related to any incident, injury or disease of active military service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further action, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing.

The veteran is seeking service connection for arthritis of the left ring finger, which he claims was caused by an injury during his military service. The VA examiner found that there is a relationship between the current condition and the in-service injury, but also noted some confusion regarding this relationship.

The Board has remanded the case for scheduling a Travel Board hearing at an appropriate location due to the appellant's request.

The Board found that the veteran is not entitled to an extension of a temporary total evaluation beyond May 31, 2005 for his left wrist fracture with fusion. The case is being remanded for further development including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for helpless child benefits, finding that she was not permanently incapable of self-support before turning 18 due to her cerebral palsy.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for esophageal cancer, which he claimed was due to Agent Orange exposure during his Vietnam-era service. The VA determined that esophageal cancer is not among the recognized conditions associated with Agent Orange exposure and there is no medical evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death, finding no evidence linking his glioblastoma multiforme to his active service or any applicable presumptive conditions.

The veteran's claim for retroactive monthly compensation of $2,239 under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1114(j) was denied as the statutory rate did not amount to $2,239 from May 1, 1998.

The Board has determined that there is no current right leg disability and thus cannot grant service connection for the veteran's claimed condition.

The veteran's Raynaud's disease is rated at 10 percent, his diplopia (double vision) is not considered a disability for VA compensation purposes, and his orthostatic hypotension was incurred in service. The sensitivity to ibuprofen and related drugs is not related to service.