Other conditions decisions — 2025

The veteran's initial disability rating for lung cancer is granted at 60% effective from November 25, 2020.

The appeal for reimbursement of non-VA medical services was dismissed because the VA did not receive a claim or make a decision on it.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation (SMC). The veteran sought an effective date of May 1, 2008, but the Board found that entitlement to SMC at the requested rate did not arise before October 19, 2021.

The veteran withdrew their appeal, so the Board dismissed it.

The veteran is granted an annual clothing allowance for 2001 due to the use of a right knee brace caused by service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for service-connected bilateral ingrown toenails was granted, but the claim for a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple noncompensable disabilities was denied.

The Board denied the claim for nonservice-connected burial benefits because the veteran did not meet the criteria for such benefits.

The veteran's claim for service connection of pancreatic cancer due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune is granted.

The veteran is granted an earlier effective date of July 1, 2020 for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death has been remanded to determine if the PACT Act applies.

The veteran's appeal regarding the direct payment of attorney fees was granted. The appellant is not eligible for these fees due to procedural issues and a waiver.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits and TDIU. The decision is based on the need for additional development as directed in a previous remand.

The Board remanded the case to determine if the veteran is entitled to a clothing allowance for using a leg brace due to service-connected right leg post-phlebitic syndrome.

The veteran's right and left hip strains are granted service connection as secondary to the service-connected residuals of a left ankle sprain.

The Board denied the veteran's request to revise the September 1993 rating decision for right hip arthritis based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The Board found that the correct facts were known at the time and the regulations were correctly applied.

The appeal is remanded to obtain a medical opinion on whether the veteran's service-connected disabilities result in loss of use of one or both feet.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's thoracic spine disability, finding it preexisted military service and was not aggravated by it.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services performed on September 2, 2021, is dismissed because the services were not authorized by the VA and did not meet emergency criteria.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits to correct a duty to assist error. The VA must now obtain and consider additional records.

The appeal for reimbursement of ambulance travel expenses on September 13, 2024, was dismissed because the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) approved the claim before the Board could review it.