Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appellant is not entitled to agent fees based on past due benefits awarded in a March 2022 rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for cardiovascular disease, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal of entitlement to an earlier effective date for restoration of the 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral spine disability is dismissed as moot because the earliest possible date of restoration has already been granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require the regular aid and attendance of another person, granting special monthly compensation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection of left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as a claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The Board granted service connection for tremors in both the left and right hands, as these conditions are considered qualifying chronic disabilities under the Persian Gulf War provisions.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the service-connected recurrent skin lesions, to include hyperkeratotic callus, both feet, effective April 1, 2020, and a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) from November 11, 2020.

The Board is remanding the claim for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to December 15, 2022, due to incomplete employment history information.

The Board granted service connection for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, finding that the evidence supports a link to in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance from February 7, 2008.

The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining accurate employment history.

The appeal for earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was dismissed due to a procedural error in docketing.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for frontotemporal lobe dementia to address duty to assist errors and obtain a medical opinion under the standard for toxic exposure risk activities (TERA).

The Board remands the case for a new medical determination to address inadequacies in the December 2021 CEAT review regarding the Veteran's eligibility for participation in VA's PCAFC.

The appeal for entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to address whether the Veteran's esophagitis/chronic reflux is related to his service or secondary to his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of his appeal, and it was dismissed.

The appeal concerning the payment of non-VA dental services provided on May 27, 2020, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The Board remands the claim for readjudication under the correct statutory criteria and proper notice to the Veteran.