Other conditions Board decisions

The Board found that the veteran was not entitled to educational benefits under Chapter 1606, Title 10, United States Code, as of January 31, 2000. Therefore, the overpayment of $3,700.62 created as a result of the payment of educational benefits on and after that date was validly created.

The veteran's claims for service connection for boils and arthritis have been denied. The issue of an initial rating higher than 20 percent for Type II Diabetes Mellitus with hypertension and impotence, including separate compensable ratings for the hypertension and impotence, has been remanded.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal because reinstating the 10 percent rating for rhabdomyolysis with hypokalemia would constitute impermissible pyramiding, and the January 2007 award of a 40 percent rating for lumbar strain associated with resolved rhabdomyolysis with hypokalemia subsumes the initial 10 percent evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's mental disability to include psychotic disorder preexisted service and was not aggravated by service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the appellant's application to reopen his previously denied claim of legal entitlement to VA benefits, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's cardiovascular disorder to any incident of service or a service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that additional action is required to address the claims for service connection due to a lack of proper VCAA notice.

The veteran's hereditary coagulopathy with Factor VIII deficiency is currently rated at 70 percent, effective July 1, 2000. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating or an earlier effective date.

The Board has determined that the veteran's Reiter's syndrome and eye disability are related to his active service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his failure to appear for a scheduled hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals. The case will be handled by the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for reopening a claim for service connection for epidermal fibrosis of the feet with rash of the head and back, as well as his claim for an increased rating for residuals of a gunshot wound to the left knee. The veteran was not granted any new evaluations.

The Board found no evidence of a left groin disability in service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of the bilateral lower extremities, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected bilateral foot disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's lobital tunnel syndrome of the left elbow is as likely as not related to his service-connected postoperative fusion of the left wrist, with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, status post carpal tunnel release. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating of his undiagnosed stomach condition was denied as the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation. The other claims were also denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right little finger deformity warrants a 10 percent rating, which is the highest non-compensable rating available under the applicable VA Rating Schedule.

The Board has determined that service connection is not warranted for any of the claimed disabilities.

The Board found that there is no evidence of service connection for syphilis and denied the veteran's claim.

The veteran's service-connected left foot stress fracture residuals are currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The right foot Morton's neuroma is not considered service connected, and the bilateral ankle, knee, hip, and low back disabilities were also not found to be related to service or a service-connected condition.

The Board found that the appellant has not submitted acceptable evidence of qualified military service for VA disability benefits and therefore denied their claim.