Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for stress reaction of the left and right lower extremities with knee impairment due to failure to report for VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's gastrointestinal stomal tumor (GIST) because it found no evidence that the condition was related to military service.

The Veteran's bilateral retinopathy with cataracts has been granted a 10 percent rating, effective from the date of the decision.

The Veteran's service-connected malaria is not shown to be active or productive of significant residual conditions, and thus a compensable rating is denied.

The Board remanded the issues of eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and the validity of a debt resulting from overpayment. The Veteran's service records and orders need to be obtained and reviewed.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's refractive error of the left eye, finding no evidence linking it to service or a service-connected condition.

Your claim for service connection for non-hodgkin's lymphoma has been fully granted with an effective date of May 29, 2012. The appeal is dismissed as the benefit sought has already been awarded.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of February 18, 2011 for the award of service connection for the Veteran's cause of death.

The Board has remanded the claim for a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) due to VA's failure to obtain employment records from the Veteran's employers.

The Veteran's appeal regarding attorney fees was denied, but the issue of whether the granted fees are reasonable is remanded.

The appeal is remanded to provide proper notice of the decision on deductible medical expenses and clarify any overpayment issues.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating and an earlier effective date for the veteran's unspecified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, stating that the symptoms were not severe enough to warrant a higher rating.

The veteran's claim for DIC and survivor's pension benefits was denied. The claim for service connection for the cause of death is remanded.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services on December 17, 2020, was dismissed because the billing process is governed by contractual agreements that do not allow for Board review.

The appeal for payment of non-VA dental treatment costs was dismissed because the benefits were already approved.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for restoration of special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate, effective August 1, 2022. The decision was based on the finding that the veteran did not meet the criteria for SMC at the housebound rate.

The appeal for VA payment of medical services provided on December 17, 2020, is dismissed because the Board does not have legal authority to decide it.

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for TDIU, DEA, and SMC due to a pre-decisional error. The AOJ will consider additional evidence when readjudicating these claims.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for additional dependency benefits based on school attendance for their daughter is denied. The effective date starts from March 30, 2020.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and accrued benefits. The Veteran died from an accident involving multiple blunt force trauma with acute ethanol intoxication, which was not related to his service-connected conditions.