Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an eye disability other than bilateral dry eye syndrome and chronic bilateral conjunctival injection, including conjunctivitis, photophobia, blepharitis, and left eye legal blindness, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for clothing allowances for a bilateral knee brace and topical cream due to lack of service connection for related conditions.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a respiratory condition due to an inadequate statement of reasons or bases in its previous decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 for additional disability, including a hospital-acquired infection, as it was determined that VA did not act with fault or negligence in providing care and the event was reasonably foreseeable.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have been found to preclude him from maintaining any regular substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and experience, effective June 1, 2008.

The Board granted service connection for resolved anal fissure and resolved constipation as secondary to the service-connected major depressive disorder, and anemia as secondary to the now service-connected resolved anal fissure. The remaining claims were remanded.

The Board grants service connection for nasal vestibulitis with alar prominence based on evidence that the disability had its onset during and has continued since active duty.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for a sinus disorder is remanded due to the need for additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tonsillitis and pharyngitis, as well as a disability manifested by frequent fevers, chills, and sweat, to obtain adequate medical opinions.

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

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

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for onychomycosis due to an inadequate VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) beginning September 23, 2017.

The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from April 30, 2013, due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities effective June 28, 2011.

The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for unequal leg length, right leg from January 29, 2013 to November 26, 2018 and again from January 11, 2023, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for a left foot disorder, to include Morton's neuroma, and remanded the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of T7-8 fracture.

The appellant's character of discharge remains a bar to basic eligibility for VA home loan guaranty benefits due to his misconduct and periods of incarceration.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for tonsillitis from September 20, 2010, but no earlier.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the award of a higher rating for PTSD, TDIU, and DEA benefits.