Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal for attorney fees from past-due benefits granted in a July 2009 rating decision was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a left elbow disorder due to incomplete compliance with its previous remand instructions.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye disability, finding no evidence linking the condition to service or to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The appeal concerning the Veteran's service connection claims for a left ear infection and a stomach condition has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to December 28, 2022, as the evidence did not support that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining gainful employment.

The Veteran is granted an increased level of special monthly compensation SMC (r) from November 19, 2015.

The Board remands the matter to satisfy the duty to assist, for the AOJ to obtain all relevant documentation pertaining to the period of service in question and to then make a request with the Department of Defense (DoD) to determine whether the Veteran's prior period of active duty service is qualifying active-duty service for Post-9/11 GI Bill purposes.

The Board granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an increased rating for panic disorder and an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 70 percent disabling rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for myelodysplastic syndrome to comply with the PACT Act and consider toxic exposure risk activities.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on August 14, 2021, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the TBI rating has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claims for proper VCAA notice and to obtain SSA records related to L.T.C. and L.T.D.'s potential disability benefits.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for colon cancer to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Board remands the claim for a right eye disability, to include phthisis bulbi, as it finds that a VA examination is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of any right eye disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for prostate hypertrophy as there was no evidence linking the condition to in-service disease or injury.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for panic disorder as it is considered a symptom of his already service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for benefits under the Home Improvement and Structural Alterations (HISA) program as he has exhausted his lifetime benefit limit.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 20 percent for temporomandibular joint disorder, as the Veteran's condition more nearly approximated an interincisal range between 21 and 29 millimeters.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the propriety of the creation of an overpayment in the amount of $7,181 and remanded the waiver claim for additional information.