Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for a blood disorder of acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a blood disorder of myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDN/MPN) with neutrophilia/atypical chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, as the evidence is in approximate balance that he is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an August 2023 dependency decision.

The appellant's claim for transportation expenses was granted as the record contained specific information allowing for reimbursement of the costs paid.

The Board found that the retroactive reduction of pension benefits effective April 1, 2015, was proper and denied the claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits in excess of those already awarded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for Bell's palsy due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted annual clothing allowance benefits for the 2022 and 2023 calendar years for use of a right knee brace and a back brace, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal seeking an increased rating for adjustment disorder with alcohol disorder is dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected cataracts with lens implants.

The Board granted the waiver of recovery of an overpayment of educational assistance benefits under the Transfer of Entitlement provisions 38 U.S.C. Chapter 33 (Chapter 33 or Post-9/11 GI Bill) in the amount of $6,395.98.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for service-connected female sexual arousal disorder and remanded the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for dysmenorrhea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for alopecia areata as due to the Veteran's service-connected thyroid disability, effective March 23, 2023.

The appeal for entitlement to payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical care provided to the Veteran by Aspirus St. Luke's Hospital on May 14, 2024, was dismissed because no claim for benefits or adjudication of entitlement to medical reimbursement by the AOJ has been made.

The appeal for recognition of M.M. and J.R. as the Veteran's dependents for purposes of dependency benefits is dismissed because they have already been recognized.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than December 19, 2022, for the grant of a TDIU.

The appeal challenging the validity of an overpayment of Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (VRRAP) educational assistance benefits was denied, as well as a waiver of recovery of the same amount.

The issue concerning entitlement to payment for the cost of non-VA dental care services furnished by the appellant on February 11, 2021, was dismissed because it is subject to a specific administrative dispute resolution process that does not allow for appellate review by the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The overpayment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation benefits in the amount of $16,628.72 is valid as the Veteran failed to promptly update VA about his divorce and remarriage.

The Veteran's VA compensation benefits were apportioned to the appellant on behalf of minor child RDG in the amount of the dependency allowance received for the appeal period from March 2023 to February 2024.

The appeal contesting eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the October 28, 2021 rating decision has been withdrawn by the Appellant.