Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran's claim for service connection of a gastrointestinal disability, claimed as gallbladder removal, is granted. The Board found that the Veteran's gastrointestinal disability manifested during service and there has been continuity of symptomatology from service to the present.

The appeal for VA payment of medical services provided on February 11, 2021, is dismissed because the Board does not have legal authority to decide it.

The appeal was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw all remaining issues on appeal.

The appeal for service connection of ulcerative colitis was dismissed because the VA granted the benefit before the Board could decide.

The appeal for a higher rating of central neurocytoma was remanded. The VA needs to obtain private medical records from the Veteran's treatment facilities.

The appeal regarding the validity of an overpayment due to the removal of K.B. as the Veteran's dependent spouse is dismissed because the benefits were fully granted.

The Board remanded the claim for compensation due to errors in assisting the Veteran and missing records. The Veteran's orthopedic condition is linked to knee surgeries performed at a non-VA facility.

The appeal regarding apportionment was dismissed because the appellant did not specify a decision to which she appealed and did not respond to VA's request for additional information.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on anatomical loss of breast tissue was granted, with the effective date set to August 3, 2011.

The veteran's chronic pain, including widespread muscle pain in the shoulders, back, and legs, is granted service connection due to presumed relation to service in Southwest Asia.

The veteran's claim for service connection of voiding dysfunction, including nocturia, as secondary to obstructive sleep apnea with asthma has been granted.

The Veteran's appeal for payment of non-VA COVID-19 testing costs was denied because the test was not authorized by the VA.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The appellant, the surviving spouse, will have another opportunity to provide evidence and obtain an etiological opinion.

The Board denied service connection for both right and left eye disabilities and higher ratings for TMJ dysfunction.

The Board dismissed the veteran's motion to revise a previous rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU). The October 2008 rating decision did not adjudicate the issue of TDIU, so it is not subject to revision on the basis of CUE.

The veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and assistance of another person is granted, effective from February 24, 2020.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant because the veteran does not meet the required criteria.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC, survivor's pension, and/or accrued benefits because the appellant's mother did not have a pending claim at the time of her death.

The Board remanded the case to determine if the Veteran has fully repaid his separation pay and to refund any overpayment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected right fifth finger metacarpal fracture. The current rating is noncompensable.