Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for further development and to ensure all necessary evidence is obtained before a decision can be made.

The Board granted service connection for fibrocystic breast disease, finding that the Veteran's condition had its onset in service and has continued since then.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, acute myeloid or myelogenous leukemia (AML), due to presumed herbicide agent exposure during service.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion from the CEAT regarding the Veteran's eligibility for the PCAFC.

The appeal was dismissed as it was a duplicate of an already adjudicated matter.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 2, 2022, for the award of service connection for allergic conjunctivitis and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent.

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 appeal for earlier effective dates for TDIU and TDIU extraschedular are dismissed as there are no earlier effective dates available.

The Board found that the retroactive reduction of pension benefits effective February 1, 2012, was proper and denied entitlement to pension benefits in excess of those already awarded.

The Board granted service connection for a respiratory disability, including pulmonary fibrosis and bronchiectasis, based on in-service herbicide agent exposure.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility to enroll in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an error in satisfying a statutory duty.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of post-polio syndrome to obtain missing treatment records and a new medical opinion.

The Board remands the matter to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eligibility for enrollment in the PCAFC.

The Board denied the appeal as the appellant's discharge was under other than honorable conditions, which is a regulatory bar to VA benefits.

The Board granted service connection for lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia due to radiation exposure in active duty service.

The Board granted the Veteran's claims for beneficiary travel payments for travel expenses incurred on April 22, 2024, and April 24, 2024.

The appeal for service connection for a gallbladder condition under Docket No. 240122-410307 is dismissed as it is moot due to an existing appeal for the same condition under a different docket.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility for benefits under the PCAFC to correct errors in the prior decision and ensure adequate notice and medical opinion.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not warrant higher ratings or preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the Appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse, finding that there was not continuous cohabitation between them from the date of their marriage to the date of the Veteran's death.