Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining informed consent documents and records from a community care referral.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 for on-the-job training with the Holyoke, Massachusetts police department from June 2012 to June 2013 due to a late filing of the claim.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 1, 2021, for the award of service connection for supraventricular tachycardia but denied a higher initial rating in excess of 10 percent.

The appeal seeking Board review of the October 2022 VA correspondence was dismissed as a matter of law due to untimely filing.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 33, as her application was submitted after her delimiting date.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 2, 2008, for the award of a TDIU and DEA.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a TDIU and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) based on permanent and total disability status was denied as it was not factually ascertainable that the Veteran was unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected disability prior to October 14, 2022.

The Board denied recognition of J as a dependent school-aged child for additional dependency compensation but granted the same for S.

The Board denied the claim for accrued benefits as the appellant, who is the Veteran's adult child and executor of the estate, does not meet the statutory criteria to receive such benefits.

The appeal for service connection for chronic gastritis was denied due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for entitlement to specially adapted housing and a special home adaptation grant.

The appeal regarding the contractual payment for home health aide services furnished by Ohio Valley Manor Home was dismissed as it is governed by statutory and contractual authority that does not allow for review by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The termination of VA survivor's pension from January 1, 2024 was not proper; entitlement to payment of survivor's pension with special monthly pension is granted.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for VA burial transportation reimbursement because the Veteran was not buried in a national cemetery.

The appeal seeking application of the bilateral factor under 38 C.F.R. § 4.26 for bilateral knee disabilities was dismissed.

The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining treatment records and additional evidence regarding the Veteran's income in 2020.

The Board remands the matter to adjudicate the issue of the validity of the debt and, if a debt remains, consider the Veteran's waiver request.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran did not timely file a Board Appeal request for the rating decision that denied service connection for diabetes.

The appeal was granted as the debt in the amount of $150.00 for an overpayment under the Post-9/11 GI Bill was not properly created.