Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from July 30, 2024.

The appeal for eligibility to enroll in the PCAFC is remanded due to a need for an adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's need for personal care services.

The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's stress fracture of the left foot with degenerative joint disease, finding that the symptoms did not more nearly approximate moderately severe other foot injuries.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus and bilateral upper and lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathies.

The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for leukemia was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for atrial fibrillation based on the evidence showing continuous use of oral medications to control the condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for a right ulnar nerve disability, finding that there was no evidence of a formal or informal claim prior to August 13, 2019.

The Board remands the claim for a back pain condition, including any associated lower extremity nerve disability, to schedule the Veteran for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his reported back pain condition.

The Board remands the matter for an audit of how the overpayment was calculated and to refer the request for a waiver of recovery of the overpayment to the Committee on Waivers and Compromises.

The Board remands the matter to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by affording the Veteran a VA examination to determine the current severity of his left hip condition, post left hip arthroplasty.

The appeal concerning the Veteran's request for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical expenses was dismissed.

The appeal to revise a February 1979 rating decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) which denied service connection for schizophrenia was dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD rated at 70 percent, did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The appeal for eligibility to attorney fees was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement.

The Veteran's claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits was denied because he did not have the requisite active-duty service during a period of war as recognized by VA.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for reimbursement of non-VA prescription medication from April 23, 2025, as it was not related to an emergency medical visit.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, effective October 24, 2025.

The Board denied an effective date prior to February 20, 2024, for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for neural muscular atrophy, finding that it was a congenital defect not aggravated by superimposed injury during service.

The appeal was dismissed due to an administrative error in the docketing of the case.