Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter for a new medical opinion and proper notice regarding eligibility to enroll in the PCAFC.

The Veteran's claim for a clothing allowance for the 2021 calendar year due to damage caused by his back brace was granted.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 29, 2017, for total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 USC Chapter 35 (DEA).

The appeal is remanded to the AOJ for a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion, as well as proper notice of the decision on this claim.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility for enrollment in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) to correct errors that occurred prior to the May 2022 VHA decision on appeal.

The Board remands the claim for eligibility to the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to a pre-decisional error in the Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team's decision.

The appeal for eligibility to enroll in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is dismissed as there is no longer a case or controversy before the Board.

The Board granted service connection for an insomnia disorder, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), finding no evidence of a relationship between the Veteran's BPH and active duty or toxic herbicide exposure.

The Board denied service connection for a liver disorder, as the condition clearly and unmistakably pre-existed service and was not aggravated by it. The claims for obesity, left thigh/hip disorder, and right thigh/hip disorder were remanded for further development.

The Board granted entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of the bilateral feet and service connection for skin disabilities due to service-connected bilateral pes planus.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, to include as a result of exposure to ionizing radiation, due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from December 18, 2008.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cataracts, finding no evidence of an etiological relationship between the condition and service or any service-connected disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for immune system malfunction with food allergies, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between the condition and active service or any service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a 60 percent rating for the Veteran's deep vein thrombosis of the right leg based on persistent edema and stasis pigmentation.

The Board remands the matter for an adequate examination to address the nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected anal fissure (also claimed as proctalgia fugax, prolonged painful rectum spasms).

The appeal was dismissed because the appellant did not perfect an appeal by submitting a timely substantive appeal.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from January 28, 2013.

The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise the August 2011 rating decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).