Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and awards of compensation for chronic interstitial cystitis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endocervicitis, endometriosis (with PCOS to include history of uterine bleeding), and loss of use of the creative organ.

The Veteran is granted a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to his service-connected disabilities that preclude locomotion without the aid of assistive devices.

The Board granted service connection for right foot neuralgia but denied it for right foot hammer toes.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility to the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an August 10, 2023 rating decision for correction of a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for jaw pain to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the current nature and etiology of the Veteran's jaw pain, including any headaches.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for burial benefits as the Veteran did not meet the eligibility criteria.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 2, 2022, for the award of an increased rating to 70 percent for PTSD, a TDIU, and eligibility to DEA benefits.

The Board granted the appellant's claim for reimbursement of transportation costs associated with her husband's funeral and interment.

The appeal was dismissed due to the lack of proper identification of the appellate lane for review.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a back disability before the Board made a decision.

The appeal for greater ratings for left knee disability, right knee disability, left knee scar, and right knee scar was withdrawn by the appellant's authorized representative.

The Board remands the matter to make a formal finding regarding the validity of the overpayment and to ensure that any required recalculation is made.

The motion to reverse or revise a December 17, 1990, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision, which denied a claim for an initial rating greater than 20 percent for a herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) is denied.

The case is remanded for additional development to determine if the appellant and the Veteran entered into a legally prohibited common law marriage prior to their ceremonial marriage.

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

The Board remands the matter to obtain an adequate independent medical opinion regarding the Veteran's 38 U.S.C. § 1151 claim.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to maintain gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board remands the case for a new examination that properly addresses flare-ups in the right hip due to inadequate information regarding the Veteran's condition.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the Veteran's symptoms did not result in or more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.

The Board remands the claim for a left finger disability to provide the Veteran and his representative an opportunity to respond to the reevaluation of whether the presumption of soundness applies, and to obtain a more adequate medical opinion.