Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted a separate disability rating of 60 percent for the Veteran's long-term use of anticoagulants due to pulmonary embolism and recurring DVT, left lower extremity.

The Board denied the appeal as the Servicemember's discharge from service was due to his request for release during a period of hostilities, which bars him from receiving VA benefits.

The Board remands the claim for PCAFC benefits due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an inadequate medical decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for recognition of R.W. as a 'helpless child' on the basis of permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining the age of 18, as there was insufficient evidence showing that R.W. was incapable of self-support before turning 18.

The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) due to a predecisional duty to assist error in not obtaining Social Security Administration records.

The appeal for an increased disability evaluation in excess of 30 percent, for Meniere's disease and vertigo, was withdrawn by the appellant.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral hand arthritis and bilateral foot arthritis, and they have been dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date prior to March 29, 2022, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include persistent insomnia disorder.

The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment as of April 11, 2018.

The Board remands the claim for a dental disability, including tooth loss and/or disability of the mandible, to ensure an adequate medical examination is provided.

The Board remands the matter to correct pre-decisional errors by the RO in fulfilling the duty to assist and any error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for additional vocational rehabilitation and employment (VR&E) services under Chapter 31 of U.S. Code, as he was not found to have an employment handicap despite having a combined service-connected evaluation of 100 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an extension of the delimiting date beyond January 25, 2015, for the use of Chapter 30 educational assistance benefits.

The Board granted service connection for chronic myelogenous leukemia, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding a nexus to his presumed herbicide exposure.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a right hand disability, claimed as trigger finger of the long finger, secondary to Type II diabetes mellitus, for further development and consideration of new evidence.

The Board remands the issue of an effective date prior to June 22, 2023 for special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate, pending completion of additional development related to back and lower extremity ratings.

The appeal for service connection for the cause of death was withdrawn by the appellant, and thus dismissed.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for peptic ulcer disease with severe esophagitis, as the Veteran experienced recurrent incapacitating episodes averaging 10 days or more in duration at least four times a year.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected pleurisy, finding that the symptoms produced moderate impairment of the thoracic muscle group.