Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran's effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted, excluding the period from April 19, 2018 to June 1, 2018.

The Veteran's appeal for additional educational assistance benefits under Chapter 30 for an apprenticeship or on-the-job training program was denied as she was correctly paid according to the MGIB-SR rates.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 30, 2019, for the 30 percent evaluation of celiac disease but denied an effective date prior to December 30, 2019, for service connection.

The appeal for continued eligibility for benefits under VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is dismissed due to the extension of eligibility for legacy participants.

The Board made a favorable finding that the Veteran is in need of personal care services for a minimum of six continuous months based on an inability to perform an activity of daily living and based on a need for supervision or protection, but remanded the claim for further evaluation.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected back disorder with bilateral lower extremities radiculopathy, and SMC at the housebound rate from January 1, 2017.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for eligibility in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers due to the timing of their application.

The Board denied the claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 as new evidence was not relevant to proving that the Veteran's death was related to VA treatment.

The Board denied the Veteran's eligibility for benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) as he was not found to be in need of personal care services due to an inability to perform activities of daily living or a need for supervision, protection, or instruction.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria from December 1, 2020, to the present.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was granted an effective date of August 1, 2018, but not earlier.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an evaluation in excess of 100 percent for service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for shortness of breath due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, as his service-connected conditions were not of such severity to prevent him from securing or following any substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an apportionment of the Veteran's VA disability compensation, finding that the Veteran was reasonably discharging his responsibilities to his dependent and there was no evidence of hardship.

The appeal seeking continued enrollment in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is dismissed as moot due to an extension of eligibility for legacy participants.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for VA home loan guaranty benefits due to not meeting the minimum service duration requirements.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not show that his service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eligibility for enrollment in the Program for Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).

The Board denied the extension of the delimiting date for DEA benefits under Chapter 35 beyond October 24, 2023.