Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal was withdrawn by the appellant, and therefore has been dismissed.

The Board remands the matter to correct an error in satisfying a regulatory duty regarding the recognition of A.B. and S.B. as the Veteran's dependent children for additional disability compensation benefits.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for additional compensation benefits based upon recognition of his mother, H., as a dependent parent due to her income exceeding $400 per month.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic myeloid leukemia to obtain a medical opinion in compliance with the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act of 2022 (PACT Act).

The Board remands the matter to ensure that the Veteran's complete loan guaranty file has been obtained and associated with the claims file prior to adjudication on the merits.

The Veteran is granted payment for travel expenses incurred to receive x-ray imaging at the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center as part of his annual surveillance for amiodarone toxicity.

The Board granted a separate disability rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected insomnia.

The appeal for an effective date earlier than January 31, 2018, for the award of entitlement to a TDIU is dismissed.

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

The appeal concerning the increased rating for limitation of extension of the right knee was withdrawn by the appellant before a decision was promulgated.

The Board remands the claim for an extension of the delimiting date beyond August 3, 2019, for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) for the appellant from March 13, 2022 to August 22, 2022. The appeal for DIC from August 23, 2022 was dismissed as moot.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for TDIU and SMC Housebound, as there was no evidence that he became unable to maintain substantially gainful employment or met the criteria for SMC housebound prior to November 12, 2015.

The appeal of the proposed removal of the Veteran's son, J., from his award of VA disability compensation is dismissed as a matter of law. The Board also denied additional dependency benefits for the Veteran's daughter, B., based on school attendance in Cameroon.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and cervical spine arthritis, prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The appeal for a temporary total rating for convalescence for lumbar spine surgery was dismissed due to a procedural defect in how the appeal was filed and docketed.

The Board is remanding the claim of entitlement to basic eligibility for enrollment in the VA healthcare system due to missing evidence.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for metatarsalgia of the left foot, as the maximum schedular evaluation is already assigned.

The Board denied the claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for Raynaud's disease (primary) as the Veteran is already receiving the maximum schedular rating.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for non-rheumatic aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve replacement due to missing treatment records and the need for an opinion on the relationship between these conditions and in-service toxic exposure.