The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral senile cataracts and chronic lumbar myositis. The issues pertaining to DJD of the elbows and shoulders have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.,The Veteran is not entitled to special monthly pension based on need for regular aid and attendance of another person.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence to establish a relationship between current elbow and shoulder disabilities and service, or to determine if he needs regular aid and attendance of another person.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Senile Cataracts, Chronic Lumbar Myositis, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Elbows, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2014
- Citation
- 1434196
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed bilateral elbow, arm, wrist and hand disabilities are not service-connected as they are not shown to be related to his active duty service or any presumptive exposure. The most probative evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for these conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's DJD of the shoulders was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor is it shown to be due to undiagnosed illness as a result of service in the Southwest Asia theater during the Persian Gulf War.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral senile cataracts, hypertension, and an anxiety disorder. The evidence does not establish a nexus between these conditions and his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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