Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for SMC based on aid and attendance due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically the need to obtain private treatment records.

The Board grants a clothing allowance for the 2021 calendar year for bilateral knee braces due to wear and tear on the Veteran's outer garments.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and an earlier effective date for the award of basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance was granted.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rate of payment for Chapter 33 educational assistance, to the maximum rate of 100 percent, is granted based on her service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the addition of the Veteran's spouse as his dependent, citing regulations that require proof of dependency within one year of marriage.

The appeal for a government-furnished headstone or grave marker was denied because the Veteran's remains are located in a marked grave in a government cemetery and he died before November 1, 1990.

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

The Board granted the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in a February 2024 rating decision granting TDIU.

The appeal of the April 2022 decision denying an apportionment of the Veteran's VA disability compensation benefits is dismissed due to failure to file a timely notice of disagreement.

The Board granted a TDIU from March 15, 2019, but denied it from December 19, 2013.

The Board dismissed the claims for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating of PTSD and entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) as moot or not supported by evidence.

The Board remands the claim for a VA heart examination to determine the relationship between the diagnosed atrial fibrillation, active service, and the service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the matter for correction of a pre-decisional duty to assist error and to obtain additional evidence.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for prostate cancer was dismissed as the Notice of Disagreement was invalid.

The Board granted service connection for right and left lower extremity edema, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions are related to in-service herbicide agent exposure.

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

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

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right foot condition and entitlement to a temporary total evaluation because of convalescence from right foot surgery due to a pre-decisional error in the duty to assist.

The appeal seeking payment or reimbursement for the cost of non-VA ambulance transportation incurred on March 11, 2020 is dismissed as the claim has been approved and there remains no case or controversy over which the Board may exercise jurisdiction.

The Board remands the matter for further development of the record, specifically to associate all documents used in the adjudication of the Veteran's application for a 2020 clothing allowance with the electronic claims file and issue notice of the decision on the issue of entitlement to eligibility for clothing allowance benefits.