Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

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

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for adjustment disorder and an earlier effective date prior to December 2, 2014, but granted total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) from that date.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for insomnia disorder and restored the 10 percent disability rating for status post, fracture right elbow, with olecranon bursitis, medial epicondylitis and limited extension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for restoration of educational assistance benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill due to his last enrollment at The Art Institute of Phoenix occurring more than 120 days before the school's closure.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of medical treatment to the AOJ for issuance of an SSOC.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to January 1, 2017, for further development and readjudication.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an eye disability, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his military service.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for fibroid tumors for additional development, including obtaining a new medical opinion that addresses the Veteran's contention that her in-service dysmenorrhea, pelvic cramps, and iron-deficient anemia were indicators that she had undiagnosed fibroids during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as he has not provided the necessary information or forms required by VA.

The appeal for service connection for a dental disability for treatment purposes only is remanded due to an AOJ pre-adjudication error in satisfying VA's regulatory and statutory duties.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a visual disability, as the evidence did not support the existence of an additional visual condition separate from his service-connected migraine headaches.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for reimbursement of medical services for an injury sustained on April 24, 2013.

The Board denied the claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services incurred on November 8, 2004, due to the Veteran not having been treated in the VA healthcare system within the 24 months preceding that date.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for liver damage, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between the disability and the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the claim of entitlement to a TDIU, stating that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied benefits for the child born with other covered birth defects because the mother is not a Vietnam Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for status post intracranial subarachnoid bleed, to include as secondary to the service-connected headache disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance of another person or housebound status.