Other conditions Board decisions

The case is being remanded for additional development to comply with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA). The appellant will be provided a new VCAA notice letter and given an opportunity to respond.

The Board has determined that service connection is not warranted for diverticulitis and neurogenic bladder.

The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disorder does not meet or approximate criteria for a higher rating than 20 percent, but finds separate ratings of 10 percent are warranted for limitation of extension and flexion.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient VCAA notice regarding the specific reason for the previous denial of service connection for a deviated septum.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability of stress fractures of the left foot, and therefore service connection cannot be granted.

The Board denied service connection for loss of the penis and did not address special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The veteran's application to reopen his claim was also denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance due to his inability to perform one of the enumerated disabling conditions, but does not meet the criteria for blindness or confinement in a nursing home.

The Board has determined that the veteran's degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees is causally related to his active duty service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board found that the veteran's right leg condition did not pre-exist service and was not aggravated by service. However, there is no competent medical evidence linking his current right leg condition to service.

The Board found that the veteran's right eye cataract did not have a causal relationship to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for arthritis of the lower extremities.

The Board found that the veteran's left knee condition is not related to his service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment in this case would be against equity and good conscience, thus granting the veteran's waiver.

The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused by his service-connected conditions, and two VA physicians have provided opinions against the appellant's claim.

The Board has determined that the evidence submitted since the December 1991 rating decision is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a dental disability, finding that his missing and carious teeth were not disabilities warranting compensation.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected chondromalacia of the right patella is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for VA death benefits as her deceased husband did not have valid military service to qualify her for these benefits.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for residuals of pilonidal sinus excision, finding that the veteran's condition did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under VA's skin disorders rating criteria.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for left hip disorder and right hip strain. The denial is based on a lack of evidence showing that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by military service.