Other conditions decisions — 2025

The apportionment of the Veteran's VA disability compensation benefits to the claimant for the benefit of minor child was proper, and the Veteran's appeal to terminate the apportionment is denied.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's failure to clarify which issues were intended to be appealed within 60 days of receiving a request for clarification.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits, finding that the earliest possible effective date is February 27, 2012.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for herpes simplex virus, to include alpha Herpesviridae.

The appellant cannot concurrently receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits and educational assistance benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship.

The Board granted the appeal and restored service connection for blurry vision disability, effective May 1, 2022.

The Veteran's incontinence following a bladder surgery at a VA medical center in February 1998 is granted, and from July 21, 2000, the criteria for an award of a TDIU are met.

The appeal concerning the payment of non-VA emergency medical services provided on July 22, 2020, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for left and right trigeminal neuralgia, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that it was etiologically related to his military service, specifically exposure to herbicides during service in Vietnam.

The appeal concerning eligibility for the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) was denied as a matter of law due to the death of the Veteran before the application process could be fully completed.

The Board granted a waiver of the recoupment of $9,784 in overpayment debt.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support his inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The veteran withdrew his appeal of the September 2021 rating decision, and it has been dismissed.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on September 15, 2019, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for earlier effective dates regarding a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance, as he did not have a permanent and total disability rating prior to November 7, 2023.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for angina to correct a duty to assist error, specifically to obtain private treatment records from the Veteran's cardiologist.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and the Board dismissed the appeal.

The appellant is eligible to receive attorney fees based on the past-due benefits awarded in a March 2024 rating decision.