Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter for an HLR with regard to the Veteran's challenges to the propriety of the creation of his overpayment.

The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the February 2024 rating decision.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the appellant, who was substituted as claimant in May 2021.

The appeal was dismissed because the appellant's May 2023 VA Form 10182 failed to specifically identify a rating decision with which she disagreed.

The appeal seeking payment or reimbursement for the cost of non-VA ambulance transportation incurred on April 27, 2021 is dismissed as the claim has been approved.

The Board remands the claims for annual clothing allowances for a back brace, bilateral knee braces, and shoe inserts for the 2021 calendar year due to missing evidence.

The appeal for service connection for liver cirrhosis was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The Board denied service connection for a right lower extremity nerve disability and left lower extremity nerve disability, finding that the evidence did not support a direct link to in-service injury or disease.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and an effective date prior to August 25, 2020, for an increased 40 percent rating for an eye condition.

The appellant cannot be recognized as the Veteran's surviving spouse for purposes of DIC benefits because they were married for less than a year and North Carolina does not recognize common law marriages.

The Board granted service connection for pancreatic cancer and the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's pancreatic cancer was causally related to his herbicide exposure during service in Vietnam.

The appeal was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The veteran withdrew her appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the amount of $7,983.00 for a dependent spouse due to no evidence of fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith on the Veteran's part and finding that collection would not cause undue hardship or defeat the purpose of the benefit.

The Board granted initial 10 percent ratings for left and right leg shin splints effective April 10, 2020.

The Veteran's service from April 2005 to October 2013 qualifies for Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits, and the claim is granted.

The Board granted an effective date of January 17, 2022, for the award of service connection for ischemic cardiomyopathy with ventricular arrhythmia, AICD and congestive heart failure.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for beneficiary travel payments for travel expenses incurred for medical appointments on January 9, 2024; January 19, 2024; and January 26, 2024, due to untimely submission of claims.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for restrictive lung disease to allow for additional development, including verification of asbestos exposure and a medical opinion addressing the Veteran's contentions.

The appeal for service connection for a pinched nerve in the neck is dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election under the modernized review system.