Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for shingles to ensure an adequate medical opinion is obtained and all qualifying periods of service are accurately identified.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine the nature and likely etiology of the Veteran's bilateral eye conditions, specifically whether they were caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

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

The veteran withdrew the appeal, and there are no allegations of errors for appellate consideration.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a left foot big toe joint disability was withdrawn by his attorney prior to the Board's decision.

The Board remands the claim for additional education benefits to ensure proper notice and consideration under Rudisill precedent.

The Board remands the claim to ensure that due process is followed and to determine whether mitigating circumstances were presented for the Veteran's alleged termination of his Spring 2022 classes.

The veteran withdrew all of his pending appeals, and the Board dismissed them.

The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise a May 1993 decision denying service connection for a heart condition, claimed as enlarged heart, based on an allegation of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The Board granted entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and restored the previous 70 percent rating for acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board granted the restoration of T.R.H. as a dependent spouse effective September 1, 2015, based on the Veteran's confirmation that he remained married to her within one year of the initial removal decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that December 20, 2023 is the earliest possible effective date.

The Board grants the appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse, resolving any doubt in favor of the appellant.

The Veteran withdrew the claims for a compensable rating for scar, status post bilateral inguinal hernia repair and inguinal hernia, bilateral, right postoperative.

The Board remands the case for the AOJ to reconsider the appellant's claim in light of newly received service department records.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits for the appellant, as a pre-decisional duty to assist error was found in the July 2021 decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for VR&E benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 31 because his eligibility termination date had passed and he did not meet the criteria to extend his basic period of eligibility.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the addition of the Veteran's son, J., as a school child dependent on his award of VA disability compensation is dismissed.

The appeal for earlier effective dates for the grants of service-connected disabilities was dismissed due to untimely filing of the notice of disagreement.