Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has granted an increased disability rating of 50 percent for the veteran's service-connected conversion disorder, effective from the date of the September 1993 decision granting service connection.

The veteran's sleep disturbances are not service-connected due to a known medical diagnosis. The veteran's motor tics, however, are presumed to be related to his military service.

The veteran's waiver request for a $13,476 overpayment of nonservice-connected disability pension was denied due to bad faith in failing to report his receipt of Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits.

The veteran requested a change in his vocational rehabilitation training program to pharmacy, despite it being deemed infeasible due to his service-connected disabilities. The case is remanded for further development and consideration of the request.

The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for hidradenitis (as a residual of a neck injury) because new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial, compensable rating for status post inguinal hernia and service connection for a left testis condition. The only residual from his in-service right orchiectomy was noted as a nonsymptomatic groin scar.

The VA denied compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for the veteran's right mandible fracture with recurrent infection, finding that the event was not proximately due to VA carelessness, negligence, or similar instance of fault.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for VA benefits due to a lack of qualifying service in the United States Armed Forces, as determined by the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC).

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a hearing. The veteran's claims for service connection for malaria, yellow fever, and tuberculosis are pending.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and medical opinions regarding the veteran's claim of compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for pneumothorax and misdiagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for the residuals of lower back strain. Additional evidentiary development is required prior to further consideration of the underlying claim.

The veteran's son is not eligible for VA death benefits, DIC, death pension benefits, or accrued benefits as he was over the age of 23 at the time of his father's death.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding whether the veteran's current hip disability is related to military service and specifically to his service-connected knee disabilities.

The veteran's claims for service connection for constipation and bilateral inguinal hernias as a residual of constipation are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and an examination.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the January 1989 rating decision is not new and material, and thus does not warrant reopening the claim of service connection for cause of the veteran's death.

The Board found that the veteran's cause of death was not caused by or substantially contributed to by any disability incurred in service, and denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent disabling, and the other conditions are not rated higher than their current levels.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture of the left hand with traumatic arthritis do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board denied the appellant's claim as her deceased spouse did not have qualifying service to establish eligibility for VA benefits.

The Board denied reopening the claims for service connection for residuals of pneumonia and generalized asteatosis, finding that new evidence did not meet the criteria for being 'new and material' to reopen these previously denied claims.