Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the appeal to obtain a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eligibility for PCAFC benefits.

The Board remands the matter to process the claim for eligibility in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)'s Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion to determine if the Veteran requires personal care services and issues notice that complies with statutory criteria.

The Board remands the claims for payment or reimbursement of beneficiary travel, non-VA care, special mode by ambulance on various dates due to a lack of adequate notice and development of underlying records.

The Board remands the claim for a pre-decisional duty to assist error based on the precedential rule announced in Veteran Warriors and requires further medical opinion and notice.

The Board denied the Veteran's service connection claim for hypokalemia, finding no evidence that it was related to his active duty service or secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for anosmia with hypogeusia due to Agent Orange exposure based on the competent and credible evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for cephalgia with migrainous features, finding a relationship to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility to enroll in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring a new medical determination considering all relevant evidence.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal and reinstated the 30 percent rating for his service-connected skin disability, finding that the reduction was improper.

The appeals regarding the removal of the Veteran's dependent spouse and child from his award of VA dependency benefits are dismissed as moot, due to retroactive reinstatement of their benefits.

The appeal for service connection for carcinoma of the colon was dismissed due to a late filing.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to eligibility for benefits under VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal of a July 2025 Fee Decision finding attorney D.K. eligible for the direct payment of fees from past due benefits awarded in a July 2025 rating decision granting an increased psychiatric disability rating has been dismissed as moot.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for gastritis and entitlement to TDIU, as they are inextricably intertwined.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of frequent urinating (genitourinary) to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether it is at least as likely as not due to or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating for compensation and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance from February 13, 2020 to February 26, 2020 due to service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical determination considering all medical information of record to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.