Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has rendered him unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment.

The Board granted basic eligibility for DEA benefits from August 10, 2020, due to the Veteran's permanent and total disability rating effective that date.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of ambulance transportation services provided to the Veteran on October 1, 2024, due to incomplete records and a need to clarify the amount paid by the appellant.

The appeal concerning the propriety of removing I.M.C., B.L.C., and A.Z.C. from the Veteran's VA disability compensation award is dismissed as there remains no case or controversy with respect to this claim.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for eligibility to benefits under the PCAFC.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include insomnia and major depressive disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's hypertension contributed to his death and whether his cause of death was related to his military service, including exposure to herbicides.

The Board is remanding the claim for a favorable finding that the Veteran has a need for personal care services based on 'a need for supervision or protection based on symptoms or residuals of neurological or other impairment or injury' and instructing the AOJ to continue the PCAFC evaluation process.

The Board granted payment or reimbursement of non-VA care provided on April 3, 2020, for the Veteran's condition, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted payment or reimbursement of non-VA care provided on April 3, 2020, for the Veteran's condition, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted payment or reimbursement of non-VA care provided on April 3, 2020, for the Veteran's condition, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for a prostate disability, to include benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), as the evidence did not support that the condition began during active service or was otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.

The Board remands the matter for a new examination to determine if the Veteran has a gynecological condition separate and distinct from dysmenorrhea that is related to service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right-hand disorder and left-hand disorder to obtain additional evidence, including new VA medical opinions.

The Board denied an increased rating for the service-connected residuals of a stroke based on memory loss and speech impairment from July 31, 2017 to December 1, 2021.

The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b) to the Director of Compensation Service.

The Board denied the claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance of another person, as the evidence did not show that the Veteran was unable to keep himself ordinarily clean and presentable without assistance or that he had physical incapacity which required care or assistance on a regular basis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), finding that his service-connected disabilities, while limiting in some ways, did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from July 31, 2013.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for a thoracolumbar spine disability as of July 14, 2023.