Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for further development to clarify the Veteran's creditable service periods and ensure adequate notice of the decision.

The Veteran's appeal regarding the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an October 2024 rating decision is dismissed due to a waiver by A.G.W., the prior attorney.

The Veteran's service-connected lower extremity disabilities resulted in the functional loss of use of his feet, warranting grants of special monthly compensation at the rate provided by 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) for loss of use of the feet.

The appeal regarding eligibility for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is remanded to obtain a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for left hand arthritis to correct an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory duty related to notice of the right to a hearing before the issuance of the initial decision on appeal.

The Board denied an effective date prior to July 18, 2022, for the award of DIC benefits.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to December 7, 2010.

The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion from the Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team (CEAT) regarding the Veteran's eligibility for enrollment in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).

The appeal for service connection for cause of death and death pension has been withdrawn by the Appellant.

The Board remands the matter for a new medical determination considering all medical information of record to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for attorney fees, but remanded the issue of the reasonableness of the amount of attorney fees due to Attorney V.G.B. based on past-due benefits awarded in an October 2023 rating decision.

The appeal regarding the direct payment of attorney fees based on past due benefits was withdrawn by R.V.C. as he had already received the fees.

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 Board remands the claim for service connection of bilateral restless leg syndrome to obtain a VA opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) for the period from August 25, 2021 through May 15, 2023.

The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination and medical opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claim for service connection for scoliosis.

The Board granted an evaluation of 10 percent, but not higher, for trochanteric pain syndrome, impairment of thigh, left hip and from March 1, 2022, to August 17, 2023, for trochanteric pain syndrome, limitation of thigh extension, left hip. However, a compensable evaluation was denied from August 17, 2023, and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for the same condition was also denied.

The Board granted restoration of a survivor's pension from January 2005 to February 2016 but denied it since March 2016 due to exceeding the maximum annual pension rates.

The appeal for accrued benefits was dismissed as it was not timely filed.

The Board granted the appeal, finding that the overpayment debt in the amount of $2,647.39 for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 35 Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) was not properly created and is not valid.