Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's prostate cancer and post-operative procedures are not considered to be related to his military service, including any exposure to Agent Orange or other hazardous materials during Operation SHAD.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a TDIU claim and a VA gastroenterology examination. The veteran's service-connected postgastrectomy residuals are at issue.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a myeloproliferative disorder with polycythemia vera and thrombocytopenia.

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from service was under conditions other than honorable due to willful and persistent misconduct, but not insanity. As a result, his character of discharge bars him from receiving VA benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right hip disorder, specifically trochanteric bursitis, was not incurred or aggravated in his active duty service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted service connection for gastritis, finding that the veteran's symptoms first manifested during his active duty and are related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for Mônière's syndrome and the reopening of a claim for a ruptured right eardrum. The veteran does not currently have Mônière's syndrome, and there is no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for a ruptured right eardrum.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and further review is required.

The Board found no evidence to support a rating in excess of the current 10% evaluation for the veteran's left foot injury.

The Board has determined that the veteran's countable income for VA purposes exceeds the established limit, thus denying his claim for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.

The VA has determined that the veteran's lung disability warrants a 60 percent evaluation, effective from July 8, 1967.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral ear disability, respiratory disability, and sinus disability due to a lack of evidence supporting these conditions as being related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a shell fragment wound of the left buttock warrant a 30 percent evaluation, reflecting moderate disability.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected ventral hernia did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as there was no evidence of weakening of the abdominal wall or need for a supporting belt.

The VA denied a claim for an increased rating for pterygium of the right eye, finding that the veteran's best corrected vision was 20/40 in both eyes and did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for ulcerative colitis, finding that his condition does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic code.

The veteran's service-connected heat intolerance disorder is currently rated as 10 percent disabling under Diagnostic Code 7900. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher evaluation, as there is no competent evidence of increased pulse pressure or blood pressure, nor any hemoglobin less than 10 gm/100 ml.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for her service-connected residuals of a back injury with pain and Grade I spondylolisthesis, currently rated at 20 percent. The disability is characterized by moderate limitation of lumbar spine motion.

The VA denied an increased rating for the veteran's status postoperative saphenous ligation and varicose vein stripping, left leg condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of fractured right fifth finger metacarpal do not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.