Other conditions Board decisions

The veteran is not entitled to payment of compensation at the monthly rate of $2,163 from July 1, 1989 to December 28, 1993.

The Board found that there is no evidence of any earlier unadjudicated formal or informal claim for the residuals of a fracture of the coccyx, and thus denied an effective date earlier than October 5, 2001.

The veteran did not have wartime military service, which means he is ineligible for death pension benefits.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 16, 2003, for the grant of service connection for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) because the determination was made pursuant to the authority of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001, not the Agent Orange Act of 1991.

The Board is requesting a VA examiner to provide an addendum opinion on whether the veteran's preexisting left eye disorder worsened beyond its natural progression during service. The case will be remanded for further development and consideration.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for right hand disability, finding that there is no evidence to link his current condition to his military service.

The appellant's recognized guerrilla service is not considered qualifying service for VA nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The Board has reopened the claim to establish legal entitlement to VA death benefits, but as the appellant's deceased spouse did not have recognized service in the U.S. Armed Forces, he is not a veteran and thus does not meet the threshold requirement for establishing eligibility for VA benefits.

The appellant does not have the required service to qualify for VA non-service-connected disability pension benefits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's systemic lupus erythematosus was not incurred or aggravated during active service and is not related to any in-service disease, injury, or exposure. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses due to facial injuries and lacerations, as the emergency treatment was not necessary given that the wounds were not severe enough to warrant immediate attention.

The Board denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that new and material evidence had not been received since the previous denial in December 1967.

The Board has determined that the veteran's cause of death was not related to service or a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board has granted a disability evaluation of 70 percent for service-connected dysthymia, the maximum schedular rating available.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date for the establishment of basic eligibility for DEA benefits, effective June 1986.

The veteran's service-connected duodenal ulcer disease with a history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding is productive of continuous moderate manifestations, warranting a 20 percent disability rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's terminal cancer was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and may not be presumed to have had its inception during service or to have been caused by mustard gas exposure during service. As such, the claim for dependency and indemnity compensation based on the cause of the veteran's death is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's low back disability, diagnosed as a traumatic bulging disc at L5-S1, did not warrant an evaluation in excess of 20 percent prior to September 23, 2002. From September 23, 2002, a separate 20 percent evaluation was granted for orthopedic manifestations and a 10 percent evaluation for neurologic manifestations.

The Board found that the appellant's other than honorable discharge from service constituted a bar to VA compensation benefits.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have a separate disability of the lower extremities distinct from his service-connected left L5 radiculopathy and lumbar myositis, thus denying his claim for secondary service connection.