Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the cumulative amount of $10,050.55.

The appeal for VR&E benefits, other than employment services, was withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for emphysema to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failing to verify in-service exposures and obtain a TERA examination.

The apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation to claimant BR for the benefit of minor child WKR was properly denied.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal concerning their rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal, and there are no specific errors of fact or law for appellate consideration.

The appeal for VA educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 was dismissed due to the lack of a valid decision to appeal.

The appellant, who is the adult son of the Veteran, was denied substitution for accrued benefits in excess of $2,225.00 for the Veteran's burial expenses.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the propriety of the creation of his overpayment and remanded the waiver claim for further adjudication.

The Board granted an effective date of January 1, 2016, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35.

The Veteran is granted dependency benefits for his daughter, K., based on her school attendance from February 8, 2021 to May 13, 2021; and from January 10, 2022 to [REDACTED], 2022.

The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining an adequate medical opinion and providing complete notice to the Veteran and his representative.

The Board denied the application to revise a November 2005 rating decision and an October 2017 rating decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE), as the correct facts were known at the time or the applicable statutory and regulatory provisions were correctly applied.

The veteran withdrew all appeals, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review them.

The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of November 7, 2019, for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r)(2).

The Board remands the claim for service connection of fatty liver disease to ensure a proper VA examination is conducted, as the previous one was deemed inadequate.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 13, 2014 for the grant of service connection for urinary incontinence and remanded other issues.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date to add his spouse, K., as a dependent due to lack of timely notice of marriage.

The appeal was granted as the overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the amount of $7,366.88 was not properly created due to a duplicate entry for one of the Veteran's dependents.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for reimbursement of the ACE Personal Trainer Certification test fee due to it being submitted more than one year after the test was taken.