Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal regarding entitlement to a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan guaranty benefits was dismissed because the Veteran was granted a Certificate of Eligibility for VA home loan benefits in September 2024.

The Board remands the claim for continued payment of educational benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 GI Bill) to ensure proper notice and adjudication.

The Board denied the veteran's eligibility for enrollment in the VA health care system due to his discharge after less than 24 months of active duty service.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis prior to February 13, 2019.

The Veteran's motion for revision of the August 2024 Board decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was dismissed because the issue is currently on appeal.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal before a decision was promulgated.

The appeal for service connection for a skin disability, to include only skin rash and skin neoplasm, was dismissed as the issue was granted in full by the AOJ.

The Board remands the claim for an additional opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's liver cirrhosis, specifically whether it is related to service or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for diverticulitis, finding no evidence that it was related to his military service or any service-connected disability.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound to the buttocks and pelvis, testicle disability (to include residuals of shrapnel injury), and back/spinal cord disability.

The Board granted service connection for a disability manifested by chronic pain throughout the body, including gout, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate and metastatic bone cancers.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an extraschedular total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to August 10, 2022.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 40 percent for a lumbar spine disability and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status and the need for aid and attendance was withdrawn. The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from January 1, 2016.

The Board denied service connection for arteriovenous malformations of the small intestine with gastric bleeding and anemia, as well as remanded claims for upper extremity conditions due to a lack of evidence supporting a direct link between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of a concussion, finding that the Veteran's condition had its onset in and is related to his service.

The Board denied service connection for a stomach condition, blood condition, disability manifested by dehydration, and liver cancer as these conditions were not related to the Veteran's period of service or exposure to contaminated waters at Camp Lejeune.

The Board remands the claims for an initial increased rating for left hip iliotibial band syndrome and left foot status post sprain, as well as initial compensable ratings for left hip ITBS with limitation of extension and impairment of the thigh, to obtain a VA examination that does not consider the beneficial effects of medication.

The Board denied the claim for a rating in excess of 60 percent since June 1, 1982, for herpes simplex virus (HSV) as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to March 15, 2018, as his service-connected disabilities did not render him incapable of securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for a deviated septum, finding that there was no evidence supporting a nexus between the Veteran's deviated septum and his military service or alcohol use disorder.