Other conditions decisions — 2005

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for defective hearing due to new evidence submitted since the last denial, but it remains unclear whether this condition is related to service.

The VA determined that the veteran's herniated disc at L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels warrants a 20 percent disability rating, which is consistent with his current condition.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral vascular disease, left leg and loss of teeth due to trauma. Additional development is needed including obtaining in-service hospitalization records and scheduling VA examinations.

The Board found that the cause of death was not related to service-connected disability and denied DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to lack of entitlement.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a hiatal hernia and an increased rating for hypertension are being remanded due to the need for VCAA compliance, additional medical examination, and review of the claims file.

The VA denied an initial compensable evaluation for residuals of a fracture to the right tibia, finding no evidence of disability that would warrant such a rating.

The Board denied the appellant's claim as her late husband did not have qualifying service as a veteran for VA benefits.

The appellant does not meet the legal criteria for basic eligibility for VA non-service-connected pension benefits due to lack of qualifying military service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim as her deceased husband did not meet the basic service eligibility requirements to entitle the appellant to VA benefits.

The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected swelling of joints is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including an examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran incurred cold injury residuals to his feet during service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected residuals of a microdiskectomy from L4 to S1 prior to September 23, 2002. The maximum schedular rating of 40 percent was not granted.

The VA has determined that the veteran's right inguinal hernia, which is post-operatively recurrent and readily reducible, does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have active malaria or any residuals of malaria, and therefore, a compensable rating for malaria is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for facial tremors, finding that they are proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability (jaw fracture).