Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and TDIU due to inadequate examinations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of microcytic hyperchromic anemia is remanded to correct a duty to assist error and consider new evidence.

The Board denied service connection for arthritis, finding that it was not caused or aggravated by service or PTSD and was unrelated to Agent Orange exposure.

The veteran's service-connected chronic prostatitis rating was increased to 60 percent. The claim for a separate rating for bladder pheochromocytoma was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation for residuals of hernia repair surgery with right testicular pain, stating that the evidence did not establish that the disability was proximately due to VA's carelessness or negligence.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for service-connected rhabdomyolysis because the evidence did not show moderate functional loss.

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

The Veteran's request for waiver of overpayment was denied because it was not filed within the required 180-day period. The Board found no evidence that the delay was due to VA or postal error, or other circumstances beyond the Veteran's control.

The Board denied service connection for nausea, stating it is a symptom of the Veteran's service-connected post-concussive headaches and not a separate disability.

The veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of colon cancer was denied. The effective date remains March 7, 2023.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of GI cancer neuroendocrine tumor because the VA examination was inadequate. The Veteran will undergo a new examination to determine if his condition is related to his military service, including herbicide exposure.

The veteran was granted an 80 percent rating for their left eye disability paired with right eye disability from May 14, 2003 to September 20, 2017 and a 30 percent rating for the left eye disability with disfigurement. The veteran was also granted TDIU and SMC(l) benefits. Other rating increases were denied.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's sight loss, finding that the evidence does not show the condition began during active service or is related to an in-service injury or disease.

The appeal for Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits was dismissed because the veteran withdrew it.

The appeal regarding the veteran's entitlement to 100% Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits was dismissed because the veteran is already receiving these benefits at the 100% level.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for VA benefits, including DIC and survivors' pension benefits, because she was not married to the veteran at the time of his death.

The appeal was dismissed as moot because the issues were adjudicated in a January 2025 rating decision. The appellant can seek review of this decision within one year.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) was dismissed because the decision being appealed was purely ministerial and not subject to Board review.

The Veteran's VA disability benefits will be apportioned to the minor child A.A. in the amount of the additional dependency compensation.

The appeal regarding payment for non-VA medical services from October 14, 2019, to October 19, 2019, was dismissed because the issue had already been resolved administratively.