Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for financial assistance for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, as his service-connected disabilities did not meet the criteria set forth in 38 U.S.C. § 3901 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.808.

The appeal regarding eligibility for a higher-level stipend under the VA's PCAFC is dismissed due to the extension of eligibility for Legacy participants.

The Appellant was recognized as the Veteran's surviving spouse for VA death benefits, but her claims for accrued benefits and survivor's pension were denied. The claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was remanded.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected unspecified sleep wake disorder due to a procedural error regarding notice of the right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board denied the Veteran's surviving daughter's application for enrollment in VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to the failure to meet eligibility requirements prior to the Veteran's death.

The appeal concerning entitlement to additional or outstanding benefits due and owing the Veteran's daughter, P., was dismissed because there was no identified decision with which she disagreed.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to eligibility for benefits under the PCAFC due to missing documentation and a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left hip strain with osteoarthrosis of the femoracetabular joint, including as secondary to a service-connected lumbosacral strain, due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a certificate of eligibility (COE) for VA loan guaranty benefits due to insufficient information in the service member's file regarding his active duty period and whether he served for at least 90 days during the Persian Gulf War era.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from performing gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience otherwise qualify him, granting a total disability rating due to individual unemployability resulting from service-connected disability (TDIU).

The Board remands the matter to VHA for them to obtain documentation of the ambulance services provided on June 19, 2021, in order to evaluate the underlying merits of the claim.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for stomach issues, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating on either a schedular or extraschedular basis.

The Board granted an effective date of May 4, 2018, for the grant of service connection for amyloidosis based on a direct basis.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a sinus condition due to multiple pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including the need to obtain private treatment records and schedule a VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for individual unemployability to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in not forwarding the claim for TDIU for consideration by the Director, Compensation Service.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for service connection for a bilateral eye condition and dismissed the extension of time to file an appeal.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on March 2, 2025, at DVHA due to the absence of treatment records from that date.

The Board remands the matter to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining an addendum VA opinion that addresses both the causation and aggravation prongs of secondary service connection and considers the pertinent evidence of record.

The appeal for service connection for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was dismissed as the Board had already granted it in a previous decision, and the AOJ assigned an effective date of August 30, 2022.

The appeal seeking to establish an earlier effective date for an award of benefits associated with service-connected glaucoma was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of her appeal.