Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left foot pain, right foot pain, and left testicular condition to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for Raynaud's phenomenon to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing conflicting evidence in the record.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent disability rating for schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type multiple episodes in partial remission with mild stimulant use disorder.

The appeal for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was dismissed as moot because it has already been granted.

The Veteran is granted a TDIU from February 18, 2020, to June 22, 2021, and from December 1, 2021, to June 21, 2022, and from November 1, 2022, to January 25, 2024.

The appeal for eligibility for PCAFC benefits must be denied as a matter of law due to the death of the Veteran.

The appeal for a TDIU prior to June 22, 2021, was dismissed due to improper docketing.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services provided on February 10, 2021, was dismissed due to the improper filing by a billing company that did not furnish the underlying services.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA dental care provided on April 15, 2021, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded to the Veteran pursuant to a January 2024 rating decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia, as there was no evidence of a separate and distinct disability.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment for non-VA dental services provided from July 2019 to October 2019 is dismissed as the issue has been resolved in full by administrative action.

The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a February 2023 decision.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of the Veteran's non-VA treatment from May 27, 2019, to June 5, 2019, was dismissed as no determination remains with which the appellant disagrees.

The Board granted service connection for a left hip disability, finding that the Veteran's left hip degenerative joint disease and subsequent left hip joint replacement were related to an in-service injury due to G force stress during his flight duties as an F4 weapon systems operator.

The appeal for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the August 2023 rating decision is granted.

The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for multiple myeloma, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied the Veteran's eligibility for benefits under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) originating from a March 2020 joint application, as his service was prior to the implementation of the MISSION Act's eligibility expansion. The issue regarding an October 2020 joint application is remanded.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), survivor pension, and accrued benefits for a period prior to the appellant's May 2005 remarriage due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was withdrawn by the appellant.