Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for throat cancer was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of dependency benefits for the Veteran's spouse as the Veteran did not meet the requisite 30 percent disability rating until October 2016.

The termination of the Appellant's survivors' pension benefits, effective January 1, 2022, was proper as her countable income exceeded the applicable maximum annual pension rate.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility for financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile or other conveyance and/or automobile adaptive equipment to afford the Veteran an opportunity to attend a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, agreeing that his military service was a contributing factor in his death.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating higher than 30 percent for her service-connected hysterectomy with menorrhagia, ovarian cyst.

The appellant is eligible to the direct payment of attorney fees based on the past-due benefits awarded in the February 2024 rating decision.

The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for DIC based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a conclusion that his service-connected conditions precluded him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied service connection for an aneurysm condition as there was insufficient evidence to show the Veteran's aneurysm had an in-service onset or was otherwise related to his military service.

The Board remands the case for an adequate medical decision regarding eligibility for benefits under VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).

The Board granted a rating of 20 percent for weakness in the left hand, right lower extremity, and left lower extremity due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

The appeal concerning the propriety of the March 2021 accounting audit is dismissed.

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 denied the appellant's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rate of special monthly compensation, except that it granted SMC at the (r)(2) level beginning March 8, 2013.

The Board grants an increased apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits to the appellant, for the benefit of child MHJ, from $350.00 per month to approximately $750.18 per month.

The appeal for entitlement to payment or reimbursement of ambulance transportation expenses incurred on August 1, 2020, is dismissed as the issue was resolved during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including a heart disability, low back disability, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board revised the October 2020 decision letter to grant an effective date of January 31, 2011, for the addition of the Veteran's spouse as his dependent.

The Board denied the appeal to reduce the rating for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder from 70 percent to noncompensable effective July 1, 2021.