Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for a new opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's post-surgery right thigh pain and partial loss of use, right foot.

The appeal regarding the proposed reduction in evaluation for bilateral hearing loss is dismissed as there was no final decision at the time of filing.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for VA payment for non-VA medical services provided by Adventist Health Lodi Memorial on December 9, 2019, due to lack of authorization and treatment not being at an emergency department or similar facility.

The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied the appeal for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the October 1970 rating decision that granted service connection for a right ankle disorder at a noncompensable rating.

The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities prior to March 18, 2015, as an adequate retrospective medical opinion was not obtained.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 3, 2021 for the award of service connection for a right elbow disability and assigned a 40 percent rating from June 16, 2021.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right foot disabilities to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for a gastrointestinal (GI) disability, to include colon polyps and residuals thereof, based on the appellant's toxic exposure risk activities during his military service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.

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

The appeal for benefits under CHAMPVA for a Minimed 630G insulin pump is dismissed as the issue of entitlement to this benefit has been resolved in favor of the Veteran.

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

The Board denied an effective date prior to March 30, 2023, for the award of service connection for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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

The appeal for payment of non-VA dental services provided on December 12, 2019, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The Veteran's daughter, S.D., qualifies for status as a dependent with the Appellant's award of DIC benefits based on her status as the helpless child of the Veteran.

The appeal to revise, based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE), the April 2015 rating decision's assignment of a noncompensable initial disability rating for olecranon bursitis (right elbow disability) is denied.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a disability manifested by urinary frequency due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the matter to attempt to corroborate the marital status of the Veteran and the Appellant at the time of the Veteran's death.

The appeal concerning the payment of non-VA dental services provided on January 7, 2020, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.