Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 40 percent for loss of use of the right upper extremity for the period prior to January 14, 2020 due to an inadequate VA examination report.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities do not preclude substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's service-connected left leg disabilities have rendered him unable to engage in substantially gainful employment from December 23, 2009, to June 29, 2022.

The Board remands the matter to the AOJ for additional documentation and reconstruction of the record.

The Board granted service connection for skin rashes in various areas of the Veteran's body, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran due to his in-service herbicide exposure.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for benign prostatic hyperplasia, finding that the evidence did not support a link between his condition and his service or exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a right hip disorder and left hip disorder due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for burial benefits as the Veteran was not in receipt of VA compensation or pension benefits at the time of his death, and there was no evidence establishing a service connection to the cause of death.

The appeal concerning an increased rating and earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for gout is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for Crohn's disease, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began in service and have continued since.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than already service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), finding that his insomnia was not a separate diagnosis but rather part of his existing service-connected conditions.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, effective October 7, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for hepatic steatosis as there was no evidence of weakness, anorexia, abdominal pain, or malaise due to the condition.

The appellant's character of discharge from service, which was under other than honorable conditions due to resignation for the good of the service, constitutes a bar to receipt of VA benefits.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hysterectomy, ovarian cyst, and salpingitis as they are inextricably intertwined with each other.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The appeal for the amount of an award of survivor's pension was dismissed due to the appellant's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for septal deviation with bony spurs, finding the evidence in relative equipoise that it was incurred during active duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for alcohol abuse disorder, as it is a primary disability and not secondary to any service-connected condition.

The Board denied service connection for a hernia condition, to include right inguinal hernia, as the evidence did not support that the Veteran's current condition began during service or was related to an in-service injury.