Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for meningioma, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to Agent Orange exposure during his service in Vietnam.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities were of sufficient severity to preclude him from obtaining and/or maintaining substantially gainful employment, resulting in a grant of TDIU.

The Veteran is entitled to an effective date of April 1, 2016, for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) because he failed to report to a scheduled necessary VA examination without showing good cause.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance and/or housebound status due to a lack of evidence showing that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to care for most of his daily personal needs without regular aid and attendance, or that he was housebound.

The Appellee is eligible for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an August 2025 rating decision, to this extent only, the appeal is denied.

The appeal for eligibility for benefits under the VA's PCAFC is remanded due to inadequate notification and an insufficient medical decision.

The appeal for discharge from VA's PCAFC program was dismissed due to the extension of eligibility for Legacy participants.

The Board remands the Veteran's motion for revision, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, of Rating Decisions dated September 26, 2017, and July 6, 2018, which denied special monthly compensation for aid and attendance.

The appeal is remanded to obtain documentation regarding the Veteran's incarceration status and residential arrangements.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 30, 2019 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (left tonsil) due to a lack of evidence linking the condition to his military service, including exposure to Agent Orange.

The appeal for service connection for left leg amputation was dismissed because the Veteran did not file a valid Notice of Disagreement (NOD) regarding an adjudication on this specific claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for authorization of ophthalmology treatment through the Community Care program by Dr. D.F.C., as such decisions are statutorily barred from being appealed to the Board.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility for enrollment in Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) to correct a duty to assist error and obtain a new medical determination.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for right eye total corneal leukoma and pseudophakia with light perception only to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The surviving spouse was granted a full payment for special monthly pension (SMP) based on the need for aid and attendance from February 8, 2023.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection claims related to peripheral neuropathy in both upper and lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for specific phobia disorder (claimed as agoraphobia) based on a current diagnosis and an in-service event related to seizures.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for urinary frequency due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding notification of unavailability of private treatment records.