Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal for an effective date prior to June 26, 2024, for the award of a TDIU due solely to PTSD was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant due to his service-connected disabilities not meeting the criteria.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r)(1) due to the need for regular aid and attendance.

The appeal regarding the apportionment and effective dates awarded in a June 2025 decision is remanded due to procedural issues related to notice and opportunity to submit evidence.

The Board granted service connection for osteopenia, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected prostate cancer.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance or housebound criteria for her helpless child, as there is no legal authority to support such an award.

The appeal seeking revision of a Board decision from 1994 was dismissed as the adult child, who filed the request, was not a proper party to file such an appeal.

The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for panic disorder with memory loss, as well as TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the Veteran's pharyngeal cancer and its potential relation to service, due to an inaccurate factual premise in the previous medical opinion.

The veteran withdrew the appeal before it was decided.

The Board remands the claim for eligibility in the PCAFC to correct a statutory duty and ensure an adequate medical opinion is obtained.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining medical opinions to address eligibility criteria under PCAFC.

The Board granted service connection for status postoperative spinal fusion for spondylolisthesis, finding a nexus between the in-service injury and the current disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a certificate of eligibility (COE) for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing (SAH) and a special home adaptation grant (SHA) as she does not have permanent and total service-connected disability.

The overpayment of VA pension benefits in the amount of $18,071.73 due to incarceration is valid; the appeal for an earlier effective date for reinstatement of nonservice-connected pension benefits was denied.

The Board denied the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as it was rendered moot due to the Veteran's 100 percent disability rating for squamous cell carcinoma of the neck.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for eligibility in the PCAFC program, and the Board dismissed the appeal.

The appeal for entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status and the need for aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.