Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal seeking eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an October 2024 rating decision is dismissed.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to accrued benefits for the Veteran's surviving spouse due to pre-decisional notice errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for endometriosis to include infertility due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted an effective date of May 6, 2019, but no earlier, for the grant of an increased rating of 50 percent for PTSD.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal before a decision was made, and therefore the appeal is dismissed.

The Board dismissed the appeal for entitlement to service connection for a Moyamoya disability due to procedural defects, specifically noncompliance with claims processing rules.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for the restoration of a 20 percent rating for painful postoperative scars, right forearm (dominant).

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for use of Dependents' Educational Assistance (Chapter 35) benefits by his son for a course at De La Salle University-Taft, as the school was not a VA-approved institution.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for financial assistance for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment as his service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria set forth in 38 U.S.C. § 3901 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.808.

The Board granted service connection for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome based on the evidence showing its onset during active duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on statutory housebound criteria, as there was no evidence that he had a single service-connected disability rated at 100 percent or was permanently confined to his dwelling.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from June 14, 2017, to May 31, 2021, and dismissed it as moot from June 1, 2021.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cardiac condition, finding that there was no evidence of a current diagnosis of ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease and that the atrial fibrillation was not related to in-service exposure to herbicides or contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disorder for further development and an addendum medical opinion.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating for VA compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from October 23, 2014 to November 15, 2017.

The Board denied entitlement to TDIU from March 19, 2015, through June 7, 2017, as the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

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

The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of T7-8 fracture to obtain an opinion addressing the functional impairment associated with the Veteran's back disability, including range of motion without consideration of medication benefits.

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

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for esophageal dysmotility due to inadequate VA medical opinion.