Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disorder due to insufficient evidence and the need for an addendum medical opinion.

The Board remands the appeal for a retrospective opinion on the nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected ventral hernia from October 2016 to February 2022, as well as to ensure an adequate record is made.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education, training, and work history from October 29, 2019 to December 5, 2019.

The Board remands the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and any outstanding private treatment records.

The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for intermittent atrial fibrillation, effective from the date of the last remand.

The appeal for entitlement to a clothing allowance has been withdrawn by the appellant.

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

The appeal regarding the withholding of VA disability compensation payment has been dismissed by the Veteran.

The appeal for initial eligibility and any accrued benefits under VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) was denied as a matter of law.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for a sleep disorder, to include insomnia (claimed as sleep disturbances) as secondary to tinnitus due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for prurigo nodularis, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted an effective date of April 17, 1990, for a 10 percent rating for left patella chondromalacia.

The Appellant's waiver claim for the recoupment of an overpayment in the amount of $24,534 was denied as untimely.

The Board remands the claims for service connection as there is some evidence of a positive nexus, but it is not clear to an approximate as likely as not degree whether the claimed disabilities are attributable to service.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services was dismissed because the billing company that filed the request did not furnish the underlying medical services in question.

The Board remands the matter to obtain additional service personnel records and issue an administrative decision regarding the character of the appellant's discharge, which constitutes a bar to payment of VA benefits.

The Board granted service connection for pancreatic cancer, finding that the evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's condition and herbicide agent exposure during his military service.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided on May 21, 2021, was dismissed due to the improper claimant filing a VA Form 10182.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal seeking entitlement to a total disability rating for compensation purposes due to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided on March 11, 2020, was dismissed due to the improper filing by Benefit Recovery.