Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) for correction of a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-emergency, non-VA medical services provided on January 19, 2021, is denied.

The veteran withdrew the appeal before it was decided.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the creation of an overpayment and his waiver claim, finding that he was at fault for not reporting his divorce and that recoupment would not be against equity and good conscience.

The Board granted the appeal, finding that the overpayment debt of $3,762.12 for Chapter 30 educational assistance benefits was invalidly created due to VA administrative error.

The Board denied entitlement to a TDIU, on an extraschedular basis, for the period beginning on January 31, 2011, and prior to April 12, 2017.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as he has not met his burden in establishing an inability to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining new medical opinions to address the Veteran's reported symptoms and conditions.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for cause of death due to a procedural defect in the appeal process.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's right hand disability prior to July 3, 2024, as there was no evidence of ankylosis during that period.

The Board remands the matters for further development to ensure compliance with prior remand instructions and to obtain a new examination that complies with specific testing requirements.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for Reiter's syndrome and granted service connection for ulcerative colitis as secondary to Reiter's syndrome, effective December 11, 2001.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including migraines, bilateral ankle disabilities, lumbar spine disability, and tinnitus, prevent her from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied service connection for an umbilical hernia, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's current condition and his active military service.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for colon cancer, finding that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's colon cancer to his military service or any service-connected disability.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for low white blood cell count disorder, colon polyps, and prostate disorder due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right hand disability, including index, long, and little fingers, for issuance of a statement of the case.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for an effective date prior to September 3, 2004 for the award of TDIU.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the addition of D.M. as a dependent spouse, setting the effective date to September 24, 2013.

The Board granted service connection for pituitary macroadenoma and constipation as secondary to the pituitary macroadenoma.