Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a December 21, 2023, RO decision.

The claim for TDIU on and after March 22, 2016, is dismissed as moot because the Veteran was granted a 100 percent combined rating for service-connected disabilities beginning on that date.

The Veteran's appeal of the resumption of apportionment of his VA disability compensation benefits to then-spouse GW was dismissed because he lacked standing.

The appeal for allowance of an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment was dismissed as the benefit had already been granted in full.

The Board granted an effective date of January 1, 2004 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Board granted service connection for pancreatic cancer and the cause of the Veteran's death, both based on exposure to Agent Orange during active military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the increased 50 percent rating for his service-connected bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence showing a worsening of the disability within one year prior to June 28, 2023.

The Board found that the Veteran's death was in the line of duty and not due to his own willful misconduct.

The Board denied the claim for accrued benefits as there was no pending claim by the Veteran at the time of his death.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an esophageal disability, to include GERD with hiatal hernia, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for respiratory cancer as secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected throat cancer.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a heart disability, diagnosed as congestive heart failure (CHF), due to a duty to assist error and the need for a new medical opinion.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The appeal of the issue characterized as whether the Veteran's uncharacterized entry level separation is a bar to receipt of VA healthcare benefits, is dismissed.

The Board remands the matter to obtain an opinion from a clinician as to whether it is in the best interest of the Veteran to participate in the PCAFC program, due to the need for personal care services.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 23, 2023 for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities and denied an earlier effective date for the 80 percent schedular evaluation for status post ruptured appendix with intestinal obstruction and surgery with small bowel resection and residual adhesions.

The Board denied service connection for facial nerve damage and a right hip disorder, finding no evidence of current disabilities in the face of multiple examinations.

The Board remands the claim for further development to verify the Veteran's exposure to burn pits, particularly in Southwest Asia after August 2, 1990.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and an effective date prior to September 16, 2021, for the grant of eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.