Other conditions Board decisions

The VA determined that the veteran's mood disorder did not meet criteria for a higher initial rating prior to January 10, 2007.

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fractured tip of the nose with residual numbness are manifested by moderate incomplete paralysis of the fifth cranial nerve and thus warrants a 10 percent disability rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's lipoma on the left side of the neck was not incurred in or aggravated by service and, therefore, denied service connection.

The Board has ordered a VA medical examination to determine if the veteran's leg numbness is related to his service-connected mechanical low back pain. The appeal will be remanded for this purpose.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that his urinary incontinence was not caused by carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill on the part of the VA.

The Board has determined that the veteran's ulcerative colitis is likely due to disease or injury incurred during his active service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses of obesity or a leg disability manifested by poor circulation, and thus cannot establish service connection for these conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's dysthymic disorder warrants a 50 percent disability rating, but denied entitlement to TDIU as his service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular requirements for such a determination.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for a cranial schwannoma, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The VA determined that the veteran's pulmonary emphysema was not incurred or aggravated in service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The VA found no evidence linking his current condition to military service, including exposure to asbestos.

The Board denied the request to reopen a claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of material evidence. The appellant's income exceeded the limit set by law, thus preventing her from receiving death pension benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's daughter's claim for accrued benefits based on unreimbursed medical expenses incurred prior to his death, as there was no pending claim at the time of his death and he did not have entitlement to additional periodic benefits.

The Board has granted service connection for polycystic ovarian syndrome and assigned a 10 percent disability rating, effective April 15, 2004.

The Board has determined that a 10 percent rating is warranted for the veteran's service-connected simple phobia, fear of flying due to its transient symptoms of anxiety and panic.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence submitted by the veteran's representative, and the RO must now consider this evidence in deciding whether service connection for left hand numbness and weakness with atrophy of thenar eminence is secondary to the service-connected disability of left shoulder derangement.

The Board denied the reopening of a claim for death and indemnity compensation (DIC) based on 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to lack of new and material evidence.

The veteran's daughter was not entitled to DEA benefits under Chapter 35 for a period of training/study subsequent to April 22, 2005.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for VA death benefits as the decedent did not have qualifying active service for purposes of VA benefits.

The veteran seeks an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for the residuals of a stroke. The RO granted service connection and assigned a 10 percent rating, effective October 7, 2004. However, the claim is being remanded due to inadequate review of the claims file during the VA examination.

The veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of private medical services received at Samaritan Medical Clinics in Corvallis, Oregon from May 1 to May 7, 2005 is denied as he had other health coverage (Medicare) that covered part of the expenses.