Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder, finding that his symptoms were consistent with occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.

The appeal for TDIU is dismissed as the Veteran has already been granted a 100 percent schedular evaluation and special monthly compensation, making the TDIU benefit moot.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal for basic eligibility for education benefits under Chapter 33, Title 38, United States Code (Post-9/11 GI Bill).

The Board granted a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA death pension benefits in the amount of $686.00, finding that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.

The claim for the proceeds of the Veteran's National Service Life Insurance (NSLI) policy is remanded to ensure full compliance with the procedural requirements governing simultaneously contested claims.

The Board remands the claim for a cardiovascular, respiratory, and/or neurological condition to satisfy a statutory duty under the PACT Act and correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for entitlement to specially adapted housing based on vision impairment due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for a dental disability, for compensation purposes, to include gum disease, based on new and relevant evidence. The issue is being remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a staph infection resulting from surgery, as there was no evidence of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or other instance of fault on the part of VA and the event was not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to a duty to assist error regarding obtaining a medical opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's causes of death.

The Board granted an extension of the time limit for filing a substantive appeal in response to the December 2016 SOC that denied entitlement to waiver of recovery of a VA pension overpayment due to good cause.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for eligibility in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) due to his death before the application was approved.

The appeal regarding the misuse of Veteran's VA benefits by R.W.E. was denied.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on April 14, 2021, is dismissed as the claim has been administratively reversed and approved.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals granted eligibility for burial or internment in a VA national cemetery for C.A.H., the adult unmarried child of the deceased Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for squamous cell cancer, considering it presumptively related to the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.

The Board remands the claim for payment of non-VA medical expenses to ensure adequate notice is provided and to clarify the date of receipt of the appellant's claim.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board granted service connection for right hand arthritis, finding a relationship to the Veteran's active service based on his credible statements of ongoing pain and documented degenerative changes.

The appeal is remanded to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the appeal, specifically the VA Form 10182 submitted in September 2023, as it is not part of the file.