Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the claims for an earlier effective date for special monthly pension, accrued benefits, and survivors' pension due to the appellant's income exceeding the maximum annual pension rate.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected mood disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for pancreatic cancer, finding a relationship between the Veteran's condition and herbicide exposure during service.

The Board granted a 50 percent disability rating for the service-connected status post breast reduction surgery with residuals and SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(k) for anatomical loss of 25 percent or more of tissue from both breasts.

The Veteran did not meet the basic entitlement criteria for VR&E services under Chapter 31, Title 38 of the United States Code during the period on appeal.

The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's trigeminal neuralgia, including whether it is related to service or secondary to a service-connected condition.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric condition has rendered him unable to obtain or maintain a substantially gainful course of employment, warranting an effective date of September 1, 2015, for the award of individual unemployability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for back strain and mental health condition due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a separate compensable rating for an optic nerve condition due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted an effective date of May 28, 2015 for the addition of the Veteran's spouse as his dependent to his disability compensation award.

The appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse for VA benefits was denied because she and the Veteran were divorced prior to his death.

The Board denied service connection for leg pain as the weight of the evidence does not support a current disability related to service.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on October 8, 2021, was denied due to lack of VA authorization.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on January 6, 2021, is denied.

The appeal for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance was dismissed as it was not timely filed.

The appeal regarding the proposed reduction in the disability rating for prostate cancer was dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction by the Board.

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

The Board remands the claim for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to June 28, 2019 due to incomplete employment history information.

The Board remands the case to obtain private terminal hospital records from North Mountain John C. Lincoln Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, dated in February 1988.

The Board remands the matter for the Agency of Original Jurisdiction to reconstruct the record and upload all relevant documentation.