Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted an apportionment of 50 percent of the Veteran's disability compensation withheld due to her incarceration, subject to regulations pertaining to overpayments.

The appeal for PCAFC benefits was denied due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Board granted a waiver of payment for three separate Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) prescription copayments due to the Veteran's financial hardship.

The Board granted the waiver of recovery of a remaining overpayment in the amount of $10,260.42 due to financial hardship.

The appeal seeking entitlement to accrued benefits was dismissed as the denial of such benefits had not occurred at the time the appellant submitted her claim.

The Board granted a total disability rating for compensation based upon individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, which include obstructive sleep apnea, nasal polyposis, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, tricompartmental osteoarthritis of the left knee, tinnitus, bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis, and boxer's fracture of the right fifth metacarpal.

The veteran's appeal for both the administrative decision on character of discharge and the rating decision denying service connection was denied as it was not timely filed.

The Board granted an apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits to the appellant, from June 2022 to February 2023, in the amount of the dependency allowance paid.

The Board denied the claim for accrued benefits as the Veteran did not have any pending claims at the time of his death, and the request for substitution was filed more than a year after his death.

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

The appeal for special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria prior to August 16, 2019, was dismissed due to a previous adjudication and the Veteran's passing.

The Board denied the Appellant's claim for nonservice-connected burial benefits as the Veteran was not receiving VA compensation or pension benefits at the time of his death, and there were no other qualifying circumstances.

The Veteran was granted an evaluation of 90 percent for residuals of a right hip replacement from April 1, 2021, and an evaluation of 90 percent for residuals of a left hip replacement from October 1, 2021.

The Board granted eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2020 rating decision.

The Veteran is granted a higher level of special monthly compensation (SMC) at the intermediate rate between 38 U.S.C. § 1114 subsections (l) and (m).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an extraschedular total disability rating based on service-connected disability (TDIU) prior to December 8, 2015.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits because the Veteran did not have a pending claim for VA benefits at the time of his death and no periodic monetary benefits were due to him.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status due to the lack of a single service-connected disability rated as 100 percent and the absence of permanent housebound status.

The case is remanded for further development and a new character of discharge determination, as the regulation governing character of discharge has been amended.