Other conditions Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining the veteran's March 2005 VA treatment records from Bay Pines. The veteran is entitled to reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on August 27-28, 2004.

The veteran's waiver request for an overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits was denied due to a finding of misrepresentation on his part.

The former service member's death does not qualify him as a 'veteran' for the purpose of receiving VA death pension benefits, as he did not serve on active duty and no service connection was established for any disability due to disease or injury incurred in his period of ACDUTRA.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to a need for clarification of medical facts and an opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's current intervertebral disc disease and his active duty service.

The Board is remanding the case to gather information about the veteran's recent dental treatment and provide appropriate notice before any potential termination of benefits.

The Board denied an increased rating for residuals of a left eye injury, finding that the evidence did not support entitlement to a higher evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's skin rash is service-connected, but his night sweats and sleep disorder are not considered to be related to hepatitis C or service.

The VA denied an increased rating for the veteran's skin disorder characterized as boils, currently rated at 10 percent.

The Board has determined that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the veteran's right elbow disorder was aggravated by service, and therefore grants service connection for postoperative fracture of the right elbow with degenerative joint disease.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, inguinal neural entrapment and scar tissue, and major depressive disorder. The evidence did not support higher ratings under the applicable diagnostic codes.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed, including a VA examination and consideration of new evidence. The veteran's current left eye condition may be related to his service-connected right eye conditions.

The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a chronic respiratory disorder. The veteran's current claim is for service connection on a de novo basis, which will be reviewed by the RO.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hysterectomy due to fibroid cysts was not caused by her active military service and therefore denied service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of disability compensation benefits in the amount of $262.00, finding that repayment did not conflict with the purpose underlying the benefits and was not against equity and good conscience.

The veteran did not have any qualifying wartime service, so the appellant does not meet the basic eligibility requirements for VA non-service connected death pension benefits.

The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death, a massive myocardial infarction, was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability. The claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is denied.

The veteran's applications for VA educational assistance under Chapters 30, 32, and 1606 of Title 38 were denied due to lack of eligibility based on his service dates.

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

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of evidence linking the condition to service. The veteran was also not found eligible for Dependency Educational Assistance (DEA) under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code.

The Board is remanding the case to determine if new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. The appellant will be provided with VCAA notice regarding what constitutes 'new and material' evidence, as well as what evidence would be necessary to establish her entitlement to service connection.