Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter to make a formal finding regarding the validity of the overpayment and to consider the Appellant's challenge to the debt.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for basic eligibility for educational assistance benefits under the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship because he was not enrolled in an eligible program of education.

The Board remands the claim for an effective date prior to November 26, 2018 for TDIU due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's employment history and earnings from August 27, 2012 to November 25, 2018.

The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to recognition of N.M. as the Veteran's surviving spouse is dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected gastritis and duodenal ulcer.

The Board granted an award for additional compensation benefits based upon recognition of the Veteran's mother, M.K., as his dependent parent.

The Board granted a 100 percent initial rating for the service-connected psychiatric disorder and SMC at the housebound rate from December 3, 2013.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for appendectomy/partial small intestine removal as there was no evidence of four or more episodes of diarrhea per day resulting in undernutrition and anemia, nor requiring prescribed oral dietary supplementation and continuous medication.

The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a waiver of recoupment of special separation benefits (SSB) in the amount of $27,754.27.

The Veteran's child, I.R., was recognized as a 'helpless child' of the Veteran on the basis of permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18.

The Veteran's dependent child, J.M., was restored to his award of VA disability compensation effective June 1, 2014.

The appeal regarding the creation of an overpayment debt due to the recoupment of burial benefit was dismissed as there was no valid notice of disagreement with respect to an adjudicative determination.

The Board denied service connection for congestive heart failure, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the condition and the Veteran's active service.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of beneficiary travel expenses for ambulance travel to a VA medical facility on October 12, 2023, due to unclear notice provided by the AOJ.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenge to the propriety of the creation of his overpayment but granted his challenge to the validity of its amount, reducing it to the portion accrued during the period from March 23, 2014, to February 6, 2015.

The appellant's service in the Marine Corps Reserve from March 2009 to March 2017, including at least six years of credible service, qualifies him for VA home loan guaranty benefits.

The appeal seeking special monthly compensation based on housebound status was dismissed because no rating decision had been issued regarding this claim.

The Board remands the appeal to the agency of original jurisdiction for a determination on the validity and proper amount of the debt, as well as any necessary corrections in the calculation of the Veteran's compensation payments.

The Board remands the claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance due to a need for an adequate VA examination.