Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the claim for a 10 percent evaluation based on multiple, noncompensable, service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's treatment records need to be obtained and associated with the claims file.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for VR&E benefits, including reimbursement of education expenses for a bachelor's degree, because the veteran did not complete the required steps and cooperate with the VRC.

The veteran's spouse sought burial benefits for the veteran who died in January 2024. The Board denied both plot/interment and transportation allowances because the veteran was not receiving VA compensation or pension benefits at the time of death and did not die from a service-connected disability.

The appeal for payment of non-VA dental services on September 18, 2019, was dismissed because the issue was resolved administratively.

The appeal was dismissed because the veteran died while it was pending.

The appeal was dismissed because the veteran died while it was pending.

The appeal is granted. The veteran's attorney is eligible for direct payment of fees based on past-due benefits awarded in January 2022.

The Board remanded the case to determine if VA properly recouped $285.78 from a December 2022 award due to a debt of $14,910.29.

The appeal for apportionment of VA disability compensation was dismissed because the Notice of Disagreement was not filed within the required 60 days.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services was dismissed because the VA already approved and paid for these services.

The veteran's claim for service connection of bilateral shin splints was granted. The Board found that the condition began during active service.

The veteran's son appealed for the proceeds of a Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance (S-DVI) policy, but the Board denied the claim because the policy had lapsed before the veteran's death.

The veteran's attorney is eligible for direct payment of fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a December 2022 rating decision.

The Veteran's request for a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed because the Veteran has already been awarded a total 100 percent disability rating.

The appeal for initial eligibility and any accrued benefits under VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is denied because the Veteran died before final approval into the PCAFC had been established.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services was dismissed because the proper claimant did not file the Notice of Disagreement.

The veteran's claim for service connection for intestinal complications is granted based on his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations and his symptoms. The decision does not assign a specific effective date.

The Board denied service connection for both atrial septal defect and bilateral deuteranopia, finding that these conditions are congenital defects not aggravated by military service.

The Board denied service connection for a heart disability (pericarditis) because the evidence does not show a current diagnosis of this condition related to military service.

The Board remanded the case to determine if the veteran is entitled to an earlier effective date for Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).