Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, accrued benefits, and survivors' pension benefits due to an incomplete claims file.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for compensation under 38 USC 1151 for brachial and ulnar artery injury, right upper extremity with loss of use of right arm caused by surgery; and entitlement to compensation under 38 USC 1151 for medial nerve damage, right upper extremity (dominant).

The Board remands the issue of service connection for a disability manifesting in ear pain for further development, including a new VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia disorder, finding that it is proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for nonservice-connected pension benefits due to not meeting the required 90 days of active-duty service during a period of war.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on September 10, 2021, is denied.

The Board restored the 10 percent rating for temporomandibular dysfunction effective September 27, 2023, and denied a higher rating.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on September 20, 2021, is denied.

The Board remands the Veteran's eligibility for enrollment in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) to the AOJ for further adjudication, including an opinion on whether it is in the best interest of the Veteran to participate in the program.

The veteran withdrew the appeals for increased rating claims, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review the matter.

The Board remands the matter for the AOJ to adjudicate the Veteran's claim of entitlement to an effective date prior to March 18, 2024, for the award of service connection of somatic symptom disorder, to include based upon CUE.

The Board granted an annual clothing allowance for the 2024 calendar year for a left wrist brace, but denied entitlement to a clothing allowance for the use of bilateral knee braces, a right wrist brace, a back brace, and skin creams.

The appeal was dismissed due to the appellant's death.

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

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable from May 23, 2006.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted service connection for chronic syncope based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's syncopal episodes experienced during active military service are causally related to his current condition.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on August 13, 2021, is denied.

The Board dismissed the claims for an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral dry eye syndrome and service connection for a digestive condition due to procedural defects in the Veteran's appeal.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date of dependency benefits for his children as the claim was granted in full.