Other conditions decisions — 2008

The veteran is not eligible for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred at a non-VA facility because the criteria under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725 and 38 C.F.R. § 17.1002(b) and (c) were not met.

The Board denied service connection for twitching, shortness of breath, and rashes and sores as they were not shown to be manifestations of an undiagnosed illness attributable to the veteran's service during the Persian Gulf War.

The Board found that the veteran had not submitted new and material evidence sufficient to reopen a claim for service connection for enlarged veins of both lower extremities.

The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral pes cavus, claimed as high arches, to include secondary to residuals of surgery on the right fifth toe.

The appeal for apportionment of the veteran's compensation benefits was denied due to the lack of financial hardship and the fact that the veteran has been providing child support.

The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was remanded to obtain additional evidence and schedule an examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for absence of stomach muscles and collapse of veins, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to these conditions.

The appellant is not eligible for VA DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 or non-service connected death pension benefits because her marriage to the veteran does not meet the requirements of 38 C.F.R. § 3.54(c).

The appeal is remanded to the Board of Veterans' Appeals for additional development, including obtaining new medical evidence and scheduling an additional VA examination.

The appellant's discharge from service, under other than honorable conditions, was under dishonorable conditions for VA purposes, thus constituting a bar to VA benefits.

The veteran's claim for service connection for neuroma of the third interspace of the right foot was denied as there is no evidence linking the condition to his in-service injury.

The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the June 1985 decision that denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as there was no evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's death and his military service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and adjudication of the issue of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran is not eligible for nonservice-connected disability pension because his period of service does not include a period of war.