Other conditions decisions — 2008

The Board found that the veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal in connection with the June 2003 rating decision, and thus denied the appeal as a matter of law.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional disability of the left eye due to a left eye injury incurred as a result of surgery and treatment on and after December 6, 2004.

The case is remanded for further development, including a new examination to determine if the veteran has post-polio syndrome and whether any current residuals are related to service.

The Board concluded that the veteran's death was not caused by or substantially or materially contributed to by a disability incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings were remanded to schedule a videoconference hearing.

The veteran's former attorney is granted the claim for revocation of the award of attorney fees from past-due benefits, in the calculated amount of $53,472.53.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the current severity of the veteran's service-connected ulcerative colitis.

The Board denied service connection for shrapnel wound injury to the buttocks, genital herpes, and new and material evidence to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss.

The appeal is remanded for further development and medical evaluation to determine the nature, extent, and etiology of any currently existing vascular disorder.

The Board found that the appellant did not have qualifying military service and therefore was not a veteran for purposes of entitlement to VA benefits.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for an increased evaluation of his low back disability before a decision was made.

The veteran's claims to reopen for service connection for arthritis of the back, an upper respiratory disorder, and a disability manifested by hemorrhage were denied as new and material evidence was not received.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the service connection claim for dental trauma, claimed as missing teeth and painful dentures.