Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a survivor's pension due to her income exceeding the maximum annual pension rate.

The Veteran's daughter, A., is granted additional dependency benefits based on school attendance from February 15, 2021 to May 31, 2022.

The Board granted an effective date of October 26, 2014, for the addition of the Veteran's spouse as his dependent to his VA disability compensation.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral ingrown toenails for an addendum opinion.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death for further development, including obtaining a new medical opinion that addresses the evidence of record more completely.

The appeal is remanded to the Board for further development of evidence related to the Veteran's death and to ensure that the AOJ satisfies its duty to assist the appellant.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to September 18, 2013, and basic eligibility for Chapter 35 Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) based on permanent and total disability status prior to the same date.

The Board remands the increased rating claim for the right hip disability to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for additional development and adjudication.

The Board remands the matter to obtain an addendum opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's pruritus of the feet.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 100 percent for ankylosing spondylitis affecting the right and left elbows as of September 19, 2014.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a dental disorder due to unavailability of complete service treatment records and the Veteran's failure to attend a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a dental condition and a rating greater than 20 percent for diabetes.

The Board remands the case to permit the Veteran an opportunity to provide information regarding his employment as a pastor for an earlier effective date of TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's respiratory condition, finding a relationship between the condition and the Veteran's active military service.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for increased disability ratings of the left and right knees, including those related to limitation of extension and flexion.

The Board denied service connection for a neck condition, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship between the current disability and an in-service injury or disease.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for left breast pain and a disability manifested as abdominal pain, finding no evidence of current disabilities related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied service connection for an eye disability but granted Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance.

The Board granted service connection for arthritis of the right and left hands, finding that the current condition is at least as likely as not etiologically linked to the Veteran's operation of heavy machinery during active military service.