Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran's temporal iris atrophy of the right eye is due to carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill on the part of VA medical personnel during his cataract surgery in November 2002. The Board found an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding whether this was due to VA fault, so it granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to missing medical records and Social Security Administration disability file.

The veteran seeks service connection for epidermal cysts, which he claims are due to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents. The case is being remanded for further development including obtaining past and current pathological studies of the skin cysts and a medical opinion regarding their etiology.

The case is being returned to the RO for a Travel Board hearing scheduled in September 2007. The appellant will be notified of this hearing and provided with proper notice.

The appellant's income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate for a surviving spouse with one child, resulting in denial of her claim for improved death pension benefits.

The veteran's claim for a total rating due to unemployability caused by service-connected disabilities was denied as he does not have any service-connected disabilities.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for congestive heart failure and post-operative bilateral cataracts, finding that there is no evidence of a causal relationship between these conditions and his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a pilonidal cyst warrant a 10 percent evaluation, effective from the date of his claim.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for ulcerative colitis, currently rated at 30 percent. The evidence does not support a higher rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a right leg disorder, finding no medical evidence linking the condition to his military service or VA treatment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cardiomyopathy was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and is not proximately due to or the result of service-connected PTSD.

The Board found that the evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's current genital herpes disability is related to disease or injury incurred in service.

The Board has determined that a rating in excess of 30 percent for pes valgus deformity of the left foot with callus over the third metatarsal head is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's defective hearing, right ear does not warrant a compensable evaluation.

The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for panic disorder with agoraphobia prior to February 8, 2002 was denied. The effective date remains unchanged at the time of this decision.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's service connection claim for malaria, resulting in a denial of the appeal.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected ulcerative colitis, currently rated at 30 percent.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic bilateral ear infection, to include otitis media, was denied. His claim for an increased rating for his ophthalmological disability, currently rated at 50 percent, remains granted.

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

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have any current residual disability from his left eye injury in service and therefore, service connection for residuals of a left eye injury is denied.