Tuberculosis decisions — 2006

The Board has determined that the veteran's current conditions, including pulmonary tuberculosis and its residuals, are related to his service. The claim is granted.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and entitlement to Dependents' Educational Assistance under Chapter 35 due to a lack of evidence linking tuberculosis to service.

The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding no new and material evidence that would support the claim.

The Board found that the veteran's death was caused by pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), which occurred more than three years after his discharge from service and without evidence linking it to military service. The claim for service connection of the cause of death is denied.

Your motion seeking review of the October 2005 Board decision has been withdrawn. The case is dismissed.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for further development and readjudication, including providing VCAA notice.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not due to service-connected conditions and denied his claims for service connection, non-service-connected pension benefits, and accrued benefits.

The RO denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, concluding that the evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board found that the cause of death was not service-connected, and there is no legal merit for accrued benefits. The veteran's death pension claim cannot be granted as he had no service-connected disabilities at the time of his death.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the veteran's death, and therefore no effective date earlier than November 4, 1997, for the award of a total rating for compensation based upon individual unemployability is granted.

The veteran's claims for higher evaluation of miliary tuberculosis, service connection for fibrocystic breasts and atypical squamous cells are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development.

The veteran's hypertension is well controlled and does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent. His PTB, which was initially active but has since resolved, does not have any current residuals to rate.

The Board has determined that the veteran's tuberculosis of the urinary tract is inactive and asymptomatic, thus not warranting a compensable disability evaluation.

The veteran's bronchial asthma is found to be aggravated by his service-connected COPD with pulmonary tuberculosis, and he is granted service connection for this condition. His COPD rating remains at 60 percent effective from the date of claim.

The Board found that the veteran's tuberculosis was not active during service and did not worsen, thus denying his claim for service connection.