Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD) more than one year after the respective rating decisions.

The Board granted substitution for accrued benefits due to the appellant's surviving spouse status and good cause shown for extending the one-year deadline.

The Board remands the matter for a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion to correct the predecisional duty to assist error of failing to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

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

The Board granted service connection for residuals of testicular cancer, finding that the evidence was in approximate balance and warranting the benefit of the doubt.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected constipation, finding that his symptoms are severe and consistent with the criteria for this rating.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for burial benefits as the Veteran was not in receipt of VA compensation or pension benefits at the time of her death, and there were no other qualifying conditions.

The Board granted A.W. a fee of five (5) percent of the past-due benefits awarded in the March 2022 rating decision, finding it to be reasonable.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for leukemia, to include CML and chronic B-cell leukemia/hairy cell leukemia, as it requires a medical opinion under the PACT Act.

The appeal regarding the payment of expenses for non-VA medical services provided on November 25, 2019, has been dismissed as it is no longer a question for appellate consideration.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for adding I. and D., to his award of dependency benefits due to a lack of a substantially complete application.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment as of May 30, 2019, and he was eligible for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits on the same date.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, warranting a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment or reimbursement for ambulance transportation provided by Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency on February 1, 2019, was dismissed as the Veteran's Notice of Disagreement was premature.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for extension of the delimiting date for educational assistance, and the Board dismissed the claim.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of November 2, 2021, for the award of service connection for urticaria and denied a higher initial rating for urticaria.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits under the Transfer of Entitlement provisions of Chapter 33, as he did not complete his service agreement.

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

The Board remands the claims for a supplemental medical opinion to address the impact of medication on the severity of the Veteran's right hip disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for residuals of blunt force trauma to the head, status post motor vehicle accident, as an addendum opinion is needed.