Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the appeal to correct a duty to assist error and ensure proper notice is provided.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 1, 2006, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for bilateral vision loss due to cataracts and dry eye syndrome.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia, finding that there was no evidence of a separately diagnosable sleep disorder separate and apart from his already service-connected PTSD.

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

The appeal for enrollment in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) was denied as a matter of law due to the Veteran's death before eligibility could be established.

The Board remands the matter of a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA educational benefits due to insufficient evidence regarding the validity of the debt.

The Board granted entitlement to additional Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) benefits for the purchase and installation of an aquatic therapy pool, subject to the laws and regulations governing such home modifications.

The Board granted restoration of a 10 percent rating for the left eye disability and a 60 percent rating from February 4, 2021, to July 21, 2021.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for higher evaluations of his service-connected degenerative joint disease of the left and right ankles.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions have been found to prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for the residuals of a deviated septum, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal for an earlier effective date of service connection for residuals of squamous cell carcinoma, to include tongue cancer with hoarseness and difficulty swallowing, was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney.

The appeal seeking continued enrollment in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is dismissed as moot due to ongoing eligibility extensions.

The appeal of the issue of entitlement to eligibility for benefits under the PCAFC is dismissed as it has already been granted.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's cause of death, metastatic adenocarcinoma, is related to herbicide agent exposure during service.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities interfered with normal employability from January 31, 1972 to September 16, 1981.

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

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for further development, specifically to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the cumulative effects of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The appeal is remanded to obtain a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eligibility for enrollment in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).

The Board denied service connection for bilateral metatarsalgia as there is no evidence of a current disability.