Tuberculosis Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a sinus disorder and whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected chronic, minimal, inactive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) with emphysema warrants a 30 percent rating.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a disability incurred or aggravated in service, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected conditions did not cause or contribute to his death from lung cancer.

The Board has determined that there is no currently diagnosed disability etiologically related to the positive PPD test in 1957, and thus service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis cannot be granted.

The veteran's service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis, inactive, does not alone preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The veteran is seeking to reopen his claim for service connection for tuberculosis. The case must be remanded due to inadequate notice and the veteran's request for a hearing.

The Board denied claims of service connection for various conditions, including malaria, pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), and heart disease. The veteran's claims were not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.

The veteran's tuberculosis pleurisy with effusion, inactive is being remanded for further evaluation and consideration of the appropriate rating criteria.

The Board found that the veteran's pulmonary disorder, to include tuberculosis, was not incurred in or aggravated by military service and may not be presumed to have been incurred therein. Therefore, the claim for accrued benefits based on this condition was denied.

The veteran did not establish service connection for any disability during his lifetime, and therefore DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 are denied.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for cause of death, eligibility for VA benefits as a veteran, and entitlement to burial benefits due to her spouse having served in the New Philippine Scouts rather than active military service.

The Board found that the veteran's respiratory disability did not meet the criteria for a 100 percent evaluation prior to December 11, 2000. Therefore, the effective date of the 100 percent rating cannot be earlier than December 11, 2000.

The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not due to a service-connected disability or his active military service.

The veteran's service-connected status post-miliary tuberculosis with restrictive airway disease is currently rated at 30 percent prior to January 25, 2006 and the appeal for a higher rating is granted.

The Board denied reopening the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and bronchiectasis, finding no evidence to support higher evaluations based on the schedular criteria as in effect from September 26, 2003.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for inactive tuberculosis, pulmonary with chronic obstructive disease is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and a new VA examination.

The veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for inactive pulmonary tuberculosis were denied as there was no legal basis to award such dates or ratings.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tuberculosis, chloracne, skin cancer of the left face, and a sinus disorder due to lack of evidence showing these conditions were related to his military service or exposure to Agent Orange.