Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for educational assistance benefits under VRRAP to ensure due process and a complete record. The veteran may be entitled to retroactive benefits.

The Board remanded the claim for a stair glide due to errors in the initial decision and lack of proper evaluation.

The Board dismissed the appeals for payment of non-VA dental care services because they were subject to a specific administrative dispute resolution process that does not allow for appellate review by the Board.

The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a March 2023 rating decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating higher than 60% for neurotic excoriations. The maximum rating for this condition is 60%.

The Veteran's claim for reimbursement of travel expenses to a VA Medical Center in Sacramento, California on November 6, 2023, is granted. The Board found that the closest pulmonology department to the Veteran's residence was at the Sacramento VAMC.

The veteran is granted a higher rate of special monthly compensation but denied eligibility for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of the veteran's right elbow condition. The VA will obtain a new medical opinion to determine if the condition is related to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for individual unemployability prior to August 28, 2014, on an extraschedular basis because the service-connected disabilities did not preclude the veteran from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran's Notice of Disagreement did not specify a rating decision or appealable issue.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for stress and mixed urinary incontinence. The Board found that the VA did not fully assist the veteran in obtaining necessary medical evidence.

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

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services in June 2019 was dismissed because the VA already approved the payment.

Service connection for emphysema and mild restrictive lung disease is granted due to exposure to burn pits during service in Vietnam.

The Board denied service connection for both nasal deformity and sleep issues status post rhinoplasty, finding that the veteran's conditions preexisted service and were not aggravated by it.

Service connection for bilateral paving stone degeneration and vitreous floater in the right eye is granted.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for an increased rating of left and right hip trochanteric bursitis. The VA needs to provide a more thorough examination.

The appeal for total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to May 26, 2021 is remanded. The Board needs more information from private treatment records.

The veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of residuals of rectal cancer was denied. The effective date remains August 10, 2022.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a respiratory disorder (asthma) because the VA did not provide a required medical examination and failed to notify the Veteran of his right to a hearing.