Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for right great toe fracture with hallux rigidus from April 24, 2024, but denied higher ratings and remanded issues related to the Veteran's other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating and TDIU due to a need for additional development, specifically an addendum opinion addressing the nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected heart disability.

The Board denied service connection for liver cancer residuals, finding no evidence of in-service radiation exposure and a lack of direct causation between the Veteran's liver cancer and his military service.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to March 21, 2019.

The Board remands the matter for additional evidentiary development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a supplemental medical opinion.

The case is remanded for further development of the record, specifically to obtain a retrospective opinion from a VA medical doctor regarding the nature and severity of service-connected TBI residuals and headaches prior to February 20, 2018, and their impact on the Veteran's occupational pursuits.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of a January 2013 rating decision that assigned a 30 percent evaluation for PTSD based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The appeal seeking entitlement to a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) was dismissed as the Veteran timely opted into the modernized process of the Appeals Modernization Act.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on January 30, 2018, at Washington Hospital due to a copayment that was not eligible for VA reimbursement.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 22, 2014, for the award of a TDIU and DEA benefits.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a double hernia, finding that the probative evidence did not support a link between the condition and his military service.

The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder, which was manifested and diagnosed during the Veteran's honorable service.

The Board granted a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits due to the Appellant's timely request and financial hardship.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an eye condition and special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance due to additional evidence that has been added to the record.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for a respiratory/pulmonary disability other than a restrictive right lobe disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis from June 21, 2007, to October 25, 2011, and from December 1, 2013, to April 17, 2018.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a recurrent bilateral lower extremity edema disability to ensure a complete record and appropriate medical examination.

The Board remands the case for a medical opinion from a physician specializing in environmental health and toxic exposures to address the etiology of the Veteran's Buerger's disease, specifically regarding its relation to service and exposure to Agent Orange.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for right and left hand nerve damage for further development due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for a neurologic disability of the right upper extremity, finding that it is due to the Veteran's conceded in-service herbicide exposure.