Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the appeal for payment under the CHAMPVA program for medical services provided to the Veteran's surviving spouse on January 29, 2021, as the services were deemed preventive care and excluded from coverage.

The Veteran's service-connected monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance is granted permanent and total status, currently rated as 100 percent disabling.

The Board granted an effective date of November 26, 2018, for the commencement of the appellant's period of eligibility for retroactive payment of educational assistance benefits under Chapter 35 (DEA).

The Board granted service connection for right thumb and index finger disabilities but denied service connection for right hand arthritis. The Board also denied increased ratings for the residuals of a right ankle fracture and a right fifth metacarpal fracture.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal to readjudicate a claim of entitlement to service connection for a respiratory condition to include chronic cough, as new and relevant evidence has not been submitted.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder, but denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent and an earlier effective date for service connection.

The appeal for a later effective date for the termination of dependency benefits for dependent child J.A.K. from July [] 2023 has been withdrawn and is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for a right hip disorder, finding it to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected lower back disability.

The Board remands the matter for an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's left eye disability is aggravated by his service-connected right eye condition.

The Board granted service connection for monoclonal gammopathy and denied it for polycythemia.

The Board denied a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to March 11, 2022, and since March 11, 2022, due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities not rendering him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted service connection for a sinus disorder based on the Veteran's credible reports of continuous symptoms since service and the lack of evidence disassociating his current condition from his in-service nasal injury.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental condition, including loss of adult teeth and failing dentition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death due to incomplete medical opinions and unobtained records.

The appeal for a higher rate of pension from November 1, 2008 to January 31, 2009 was denied, but the appeal for payment of survivor's pension benefits with special monthly pension from February 1, 2009 was granted.

The appeal seeking an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss during the period prior to December 28, 2015 is dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claim.

The Board remands the matter to adjudicate the issue of whether the overpayment was properly created and calculated, and to consider a waiver request.

The Board remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for MRSA of the right ear to obtain a new medical opinion and any outstanding VA treatment records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a heart disability, to include chronic heart failure, nonischemic cardiomyopathy, and atrial fibrillation, due to inadequate medical opinions regarding their etiology.

The Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder and remanded the claim for right ear hearing loss due to an inadequate medical opinion.