Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, which was esophageal cancer, finding that it was caused by or aggravated by his military service.

The appellant, the Veteran's former attorney, is eligible for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the February 2024 rating decision.

The Board remands the claim for eligibility for benefits under PCAFC due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, requiring readjudication with proper notice.

The Board remands the matter to obtain an audit of the Veteran's compensation payment history.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for recognition of his son B.T. as a 'helpless child' based on permanent incapacity for self-support prior to attaining age 18.

The Board granted the restoration of a 100 percent evaluation for residuals of interarytenoid cancer, effective October 1, 2019.

The Board granted the Veteran's eligibility to attorney fees based on the past-due benefits awarded in the October 2023 rating decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an annual clothing allowance for lidocaine topical medication and left knee brace, as they did not meet the criteria under 38 C.F.R. § 3.810.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for VR&E benefits to pursue medical school training outside of the United States due to the severity of his service-connected psychiatric disorder and its impact on his ability to achieve a vocational goal.

The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an August 2023 rating decision.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for cause of death was dismissed due to procedural defects under the Appeals Modernization Act.

The Board remands the matter to conduct a supplemental review of the Veteran's challenges to the propriety of the creation of an overpayment.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment or reimbursement of the cost of non-VA medical services provided by EMP of Rockingham County, PLLC, on November 23, 2019, is dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction.

The Board denied the extension of time to file an appeal from a VHA administrative decision that denied reimbursement for medical services, as the appeal was not timely filed and no good cause was shown.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified bipolar disorder precluded him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, leading to the grant of a TDIU effective January 29, 2021.

The Board remands the issue of eligibility for benefits under the VA PCAFC due to an inadequate medical determination from the CEAT.

The appeal for eligibility for benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers is remanded due to an AOJ error in satisfying a regulatory and statutory duty.

The appeal for a higher disability rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, finding that her symptoms more closely approximate a 70 percent rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a temporary 100 percent rating due to surgery requiring a period of convalescence, as the left ankle disability was not service-connected.