The Board has remanded the claims for left and right lower leg varicose veins due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous Board directives regarding the November 1957 rating decision. The case is returned to the RO for clarification on what evidence was relied upon in denying service connection.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings and service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations. The issue of entitlement to a TDIU is also remanded as it may be impacted by these other claims.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and rating increases due to the need for further development of medical records, including those from health care providers who have treated the appellant's varicose veins. The examiner is requested to determine whether the appellant’s bilateral hip replacements are proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left knee disabilities.

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.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.