Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for chest pain, to include as secondary to service connected schizophrenia, for further development and an adequate etiology opinion.

The Veteran's claim for benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers was denied due to the timing and eligibility requirements not being met.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for earlier effective dates for the initial grants of service connection and special monthly compensation based on housebound status, as these benefits have been granted in full.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment for non-VA medical services provided on December 1, 2019, has been resolved in full by administrative action; the appeal is moot.

The Board remands the matter to create a detailed accounting of how the overpayment debt was calculated and to readjudicate whether the debt was validly created.

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

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for the Veteran's right little finger disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code.

The appeal for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance is remanded to clarify the Veteran's mental health treatment provider and obtain relevant records.

The Board denied the Veteran's request to add his current spouse as a dependent for VA disability compensation benefits due to insufficient information regarding the date, place, and circumstances of their prior marriages.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for pleurisy with chronic cough and dyspnea, as the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for ankylosis of the little and thumb finger with residual degenerative joint disease of the right fingers prior to July 3, 2024 is dismissed due to an erroneous docketing under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) docket.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on August 30, 2021, is denied.

The veteran was granted an effective date of November 18, 2021, for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance. Additionally, a higher level of SMC was granted.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on September 30, 2021, is denied because such services were not authorized by VA.

The Board granted the Veteran's claims for recognition of J.J.K. and J.K. as his dependent children, allowing additional dependent child benefits.

The Board granted a 20 percent evaluation for the left lower extremity neurological disorder from April 25, 2017, but denied earlier effective dates and increased ratings for both conditions.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on February 15, 2022, is denied.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on January 28, 2021, is denied.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on October 27, 2021, is denied.