Other conditions Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for viral meningitis, finding that new and material evidence had not been received.

The Board has determined that the veteran's fungal infection of the feet, with onychogryphosis, was not incurred during his period of active duty service and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has dismissed the appeal due to the appellant's death, and thus there are no merits for adjudication.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a travel board hearing. The issues of service connection and rating for boils, neuropathies in bilateral hands and feet, and PTSD are pending.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of a left eye disability due to new and material evidence. However, it denied his request for an increased rating for bilateral pes planus.

The Board has granted service connection for bile duct cancer on a presumptive basis due to participation in Operation CROSSROADS. The claim for posterior subcapsular cataracts is pending.

The Board has determined that the veteran's onychomycosis, status post excision, left great toenail does not meet or approximate the criteria for a compensable disability rating.

The veteran's residuals of a left laminectomy at L4-L5 are rated as 50 percent disabling, combining the orthopedic and neurologic manifestations.

The Board has determined that the overpayment of $46,403.06 was created solely by VA error and is not properly charged to the veteran's account.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially or materially contributed to by a disability incurred in or aggravated by his service. The cause of death, a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm with lymphoma stage [illegible], was not related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO.

The Board has determined that the veteran's Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and is not proximately due to or the result of any service-connected disability, and its incurrence or aggravation during active military service may not be presumed.

The Board found that the veteran's left ulnar nerve disorder is manifested by mild incomplete paralysis, and thus does not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating.

The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding private treatment records and will consider new evidence before deciding on the increased rating for the veteran's right foot injury.

The Board has ordered the VA to obtain additional medical records and for the veteran to provide authorization for his private physician's records. The case will be returned to the Board for further review after these actions are completed.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current left eye disability is not related to his active service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for further development and adjudication due to inadequate VCAA notice.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for drug abuse. However, the claims for PTSD, scoliosis, hypertension, sleep apnea, heart disease, kidney disease, pancreatitis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C have all been denied as there is no competent evidence of these conditions being incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for a respiratory disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has granted a 30 percent evaluation for pleuritis, residuals of abscess, and left lower lobectomy with resection of the left VI rib. The effective date is set at March 2, 2001.