Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an April 2022 Rating Decision.

The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for TDIU was dismissed, but the veteran was granted an effective date of January 9, 2014, for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).

The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded. The Board needs to obtain and review additional relevant VA treatment records.

The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in December 2022.

The veteran's daughter appealed for burial benefits after his death, but the Board denied both the burial allowance and plot/interment allowance because the veteran was not receiving VA benefits at the time of his death and did not meet other criteria.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for emphysema has been granted due to exposure to burn pits during military service, as per the PACT Act.

The Board granted the appeal, finding that the veteran's discharge does not bar VA benefits due to compelling circumstances related to military sexual trauma.

The Board denied the veteran's spouse burial benefits and plot/interment allowance because the veteran was not receiving VA compensation or pension benefits at the time of death and his death was not service-connected.

The appeal for additional payment for non-VA medical services provided on July 14, 2019, was dismissed because the billing process is governed by statutory and contractual authority that does not allow for Board review.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a recent change in law regarding character of discharge, and because the AOJ did not address the amended regulations properly.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for his service-connected back disability, finding that there is no indication of unfavorable ankylosis or symptoms akin to unfavorable ankylosis. The case is remanded for further development.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's service connection claim for a skin disability due to insufficient development and consideration of all relevant medical opinions. The issue of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, was resolved by granting it based on an apparent concession of herbicide agent exposure.

The appeal is remanded to obtain a medical opinion on the Veteran's employability due to service-connected disabilities prior to March 18, 2019.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's skin condition, finding that it was not related to his military service or herbicide exposure.

The Board granted payment for medical expenses associated with ambulance travel on August 8, 2019. The Veteran was transported under emergent circumstances to multiple hospitals.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death due to inadequate medical evidence. Additional development is needed.

The Veteran's challenges to the creation of an overpayment were denied, but the amount of the overpayment was reduced. The claim for a retroactive waiver of recoupment was denied.

The appeal was dismissed because both the veteran and their spouse, who was substituted as the claimant, have passed away.

The Board restored the veteran's rating to 30% for peritoneal adhesions with ventral hernia effective July 11, 2022. The issue of an increased rating beyond 30% was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of groin/scrotum pain as secondary to a service-connected left inguinal hernia, finding that the evidence did not support a separate disability.