Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to additional VR&E services, including education for a PhD, due to the need for another vocational rehabilitation evaluation.

The Board remands the matter to adjudicate the Veteran's claim of entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance/housebound.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of TDIU, finding that there was no evidence to support a claim for unemployability prior to July 19, 2012.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left eye retinal detachment, finding that it was not related to his exposure to herbicide agents or his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate from August 23, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for myelodysplastic syndrome and simple liver cyst, both on a direct basis.

The appeal was remanded due to the Veteran's inability to attend in-person examinations and the need for additional private medical records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for uterine fibroids and hysterectomy due to an inadequate medical opinion addressing whether these conditions are related to in-service gynecological and reproductive symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, and treatment.

The Veteran is not eligible for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past due benefits awarded in a September 20, 2022, rating decision.

The Board granted an effective date of June 27, 2018, for the grant of a 60 percent rating for service-connected dissecting cellulitis, scalp, with hidradenitis suppurativa.

The Board granted an effective date of June 27, 2018, for the grant of a 60 percent rating for service-connected dissecting cellulitis, scalp, with hidradenitis suppurativa.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for ulcerative colitis based on the Veteran's symptoms of abdominal pain related to defecation at least one day per week during the previous three months, along with other symptoms such as change in stool form, mucorrhea, abdominal bloating, and subjective distention.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 26, 1984, for the award of service connection for vasovagal syncope based on new and relevant service treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for glossopharyngeal neuralgia based on the Veteran's herbicide exposure during his service in the Korean War.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative, and therefore, it is dismissed.

The Board remands the matter to review whether a $2,240.73 overpayment of VA compensation benefits is valid.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for apportionment of the Veteran's VA disability compensation due to evidence showing that the parties were divorced in 1998.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral dry eye syndrome and left eye pterygium due to a need for additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the claim for proper notice of its decision regarding Parents' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits.

The Board remands the issue of whether an overpayment of $4,901.72 in VA compensation benefits is valid due to a miscalculation and lack of formal finding regarding the validity of the debt.