Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter to adjudicate whether the overpayment was properly created and, if valid, to refer the request for a waiver of recovery of the overpayment to the Committee on Waivers and Compromises.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pernicious anemia, finding no evidence of a nexus between the condition and his active-duty service or his service-connected normocytic normochromic anemia.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance and housebound status due to insufficient evidence of significant disabilities requiring regular aid and attendance or permanent confinement.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on August 16, 2021, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating higher than 10 percent for migraine headaches due to a duty to assist error and an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) and an earlier effective date for basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).

The appeal regarding the payment of non-VA medical services provided on December 9, 2019, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The Board granted a clothing allowance for the calendar year 2020 for left ankle and left hip braces, but denied allowances for bilateral ankle sleeping boots, lidocaine 5 percent ointment, and bilateral orthotic shoe inserts.

The Board remands the claim for an additional VA opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's atrial fibrillation, including whether it is secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The appeal for service connection for restless leg syndrome is dismissed as the issue is moot because service connection has been granted with an effective date prior to the date of the claim.

The Veteran withdrew all matters on appeal, and the Board dismissed the entire appeal.

The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral lattice degeneration eye condition based on four documented incapacitating episodes in the past 12 months.

The Board remands the matter for additional development, including locating and uploading relevant evidence related to the overpayment(s) in the Appellant's name and referring the issue to the Committee on Waivers and Compromises (COWC) for a decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for laceration right thumb with transection of the flexor pollicis longus, finding no basis to assign an effective date earlier than November 14, 2018.

The Board grants the payment of non-VA emergency care provided by RHVA on September 20, 2020.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the addition of the Veteran's spouse to his VA compensation award as a dependent, finding that the criteria were not met.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for urinary frequency to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology, specifically whether it was caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and GERD.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, warranting a TDIU on an extraschedular basis effective June 23, 2005.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and right knee tendonitis, precluded him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to August 17, 2017.