Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of December 19, 2023, for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) on account of being so helpless as to need regular aid and attendance.

The claim for payment of the cost of travel to a non-VA medical appointment on March 9, 2021, is remanded due to errors in the AOJ's decision and failure to provide proper notice.

The appeal for an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis was dismissed as moot, and the Board remanded the claim for service connection for right elbow pain.

The Board granted the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of the cost of non-VA ambulance transportation services provided on August 23, 2018.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided by Grandview Medical Center from May 24, 2020, to May 26, 2020, has been resolved in full by administrative action and is now moot.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal to revise the April 2017 rating decision that reduced the disability rating for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from 70 percent to a 50 percent rating, finding no clear and unmistakable error.

The Board granted VA survivor's pension benefits in the amount of $9639 to C.W.'s inheritable estate.

The Veteran's request for an extension of the delimiting date for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33, Post-9/11 GI Bill, was granted due to his physical disabilities preventing him from completing a program of education.

The Board remands the case to address whether earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits could be assigned as early as April 11, 2013.

The appeal for reimbursement of ambulance expenses incurred on August 27, 2021 was dismissed as the Veteran is in receipt of the benefit sought.

The Veteran's appeal regarding the apportionment of his VA compensation for the benefit of minor child SDW was dismissed due to a timely Notice of Disagreement not being filed.

The Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided on December 23, 2024, was granted based on the emergency nature of the treatment.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant before a decision could be made.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for VA home loan guaranty benefits due to not meeting the required service criteria.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for endometriosis effective July 2, 2021, but denied an increased rating and earlier effective date for dysmenorrhea.

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

The Board remands the claim for eligibility in the Department of Veterans Affairs Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to changes in eligibility criteria.

The Board denied the appeal for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) as it was not timely filed, and no good cause was shown to extend the time limit.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits due to retroactive termination of dependent benefits.

The Board denied the Veteran's daughter's claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits because she reached her 26th birthday prior to the effective date of the Veteran's permanent and total disability.