Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board grants the Veteran's appeal for eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a June 2023 rating decision.

The Board denied eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a May 2021 Rating Decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for additional special monthly compensation (SMC) based on a need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected traumatic brain injury.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for additional dependency compensation due to her adult child J.S. not meeting the criteria as a dependent.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for left carotid stenosis was granted with an effective date of July 23, 2018.

The Board found that the Appellant's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits was timely filed.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for basal cell carcinoma based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the issue for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for dementia and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of hands and feet due to Parkinson's disease for further development.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating in excess of 10 percent for left total knee replacement, initial and compensable ratings for left knee painful scar and left knee scar due to missing medical records from before and after a September 2021 surgery.

The Board denied additional dependency benefits for the Veteran's son, J.C. III, as he did not meet the criteria based on permanent incapacity for self-support or school attendance.

The appeal for service connection for residuals of foot injury (left foot condition) has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death to verify additional service and exposure information.

The Board remands the claim for PCAFC eligibility due to a pre-decisional duty to notify error and an inadequate medical decision.

The Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder was found to be so severe as to preclude all forms of substantially gainful employment from June 12, 2020, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal for an apportionment of the Veteran's monthly VA disability compensation benefits to the Appellant was dismissed due to noncompliance with VA's mandatory claims processing rules.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral eye disability, respiratory disability, and skin disability to correct errors by the AOJ in satisfying its duty to assist under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A.

The appeal for a waiver of the $17,356.05 overpayment due to a fugitive felon status is dismissed as the debt has been eliminated.

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

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's right thumb partial amputation, as it was determined that the disability picture more nearly approximates the criteria required for that rating.

The Board denied the appeal as the Veteran was discharged from service after conviction by a general court martial due to incidents demonstrating willful and persistent misconduct, thereby constituting a bar to VA benefits.