Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, finding that the evidence was at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's condition is due to service.

The Board denied service connection for restrictive pericarditis, finding no evidence of a direct or secondary relationship to the Veteran's military service or his service-connected diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a total disability based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to unclear work history.

The Board remands the claim for a bladder disability to ensure an adequate opinion is obtained regarding whether it was aggravated by the service-connected back disability.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an apportionment of the Veteran's VA disability compensation due to their divorce in June 2013.

The Board remands the appeal for eligibility under VA's PCAFC program due to an inadequate medical decision by the Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team (CEAT).

The Board remands the matter to adjudicate the issue of whether the debt at issue is valid and to readjudicate the Veteran's request for a waiver of the debt.

The appeal for a TDIU beginning on May 10, 2022, has been dismissed as moot due to the Veteran's combined 100 percent schedular rating.

The Board remands the claim for a new etiology opinion regarding the Veteran's brain tumor, as the previous VA examiner's opinion was deemed inadequate.

The Board denied the Appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse and dismissed her claim for service connection for the cause of his death, as she is not entitled to recognition as his surviving spouse.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date, prior to October 18, 2019, for the grant of a total rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status from August 23, 2024.

The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder renders him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and therefore, a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board granted DIC benefits for the Veteran's child, A.C.G., for the period between August 24, 2020, and September 1, 2021, as he was attending an approved educational institution during this time.

The Board remands the claim for a pre-decisional duty to assist error based on the precedential rule announced in Veteran Warriors, Inc., and for readjudication under the correct statutory criteria.

The appeal as to the propriety of the denial of an apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits, during a period of incarceration, based on April 13, 2021 claim, is dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for special monthly compensation (SMC) at a rate higher than 38 U.S.C. § 1114(l), as he does not have additional service-connected disabilities independently ratable to 50 percent or more that are separate and distinct from those that form the basis of his current award of aid and attendance.

The Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of education benefits was denied as it was not timely filed.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 31, 2018, for the award of service connection for OCD because the Veteran continuously pursued his claim.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and VA burial benefits as there was no evidence establishing a nexus between the Veteran's death and his military service.