Tuberculosis decisions — 2004

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including VA examinations to assess his pulmonary disability and tinnitus. The case will be reviewed again after the additional evidence is considered.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection of pulmonary tuberculosis. However, the evidence does not support a grant of service connection.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been presented.

The veteran's cause of death was not service-connected, and his military service does not qualify him for non-service-connected death pension benefits.

The Board denied the claims for nonservice-connected death pension benefits, accrued benefits, and service connection for the cause of death due to lack of recognized service.

The veteran's claims for service connection and special monthly compensation are being remanded due to incomplete development of the record, including obtaining medical records and arranging for a VA examination.

The Board determined that there was no administrative error in the mailing of the September 1986 notice of rating reduction and of procedural and appellate rights by the AOJ, so as to render the August 1986 decision nonfinal.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, concluding that there was no evidence linking his fatal conditions to his military service.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating of his service-connected residuals of pulmonary tuberculosis, finding that the evidence did not warrant a higher rating based on current disability levels.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis, far advanced, inactive with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis warrants a rating of 60 percent under the old criteria for evaluation of residuals of inactive pulmonary tuberculosis.

The Board found that the veteran's pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) was not incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service and denied his claim.

The Board found that the cause of death, pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), was not related to service and denied the claim for service connection.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for scheduling a video-conference hearing before the RO. The issues of service connection and reopening claims are still pending.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his tuberculosis, lymphadenitis, inactive, with scar in neck condition.

The Board found no evidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis during or within three years after service, and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board found no medical evidence linking the decedent's death to service, and thus denied the claim for service connection for cause of death.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis and a peptic ulcer, finding no new and material evidence to reopen these previously denied claims.

The veteran's claim for recognition of F as his dependent spouse for increased VA compensation benefits was denied due to the lack of evidence supporting a valid marriage.