Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran is granted payment of Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) educational assistance benefits at the 100 percent rate due to discharge from service due to a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death due to unclear dates of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA service.

The Board remands the claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for splenectomy residuals to schedule a new examination and determine the nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected condition.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable disability rating for various finger disabilities and entitlement to TDIU due to an inadequate statement of reasons or bases in the previous decision.

The Board granted service connection for a calcified granuloma, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and TDIU.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities as of September 12, 2012, and prior to March 1, 2020, but the claim for TDIU as of March 1, 2020, was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for colon cancer to address relevant VA administrative protocols and provide a TERA opinion.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for patent foramen ovale due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left leg condition, finding no sufficient credible evidence to establish entitlement.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anaphylactic shock with hives, blackouts and unconsciousness to obtain additional evidence.

The Board is remanding the claim for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death to obtain an advisory medical opinion from an independent expert.

The Board remands the case to obtain outstanding SSA records related to the Veteran's claimed gastroesophageal condition, including throat cancer and esophageal adenocarcinoma.

The Board granted an initial evaluation of 30 percent for injury residuals to muscle group VIII, right upper extremity and a 50 percent evaluation for the right ulnar cutaneous nerve injury, but denied other claims.

The Board remands the case for a clarifying medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's skin disorder, including its potential relationship to in-service exposure to PFAS.

The Board denied service connection for right leg femoral occlusion, status post bypass graft; left leg stent; and left neck main artery bypass as they were not caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for left eye atrophic nasal pterygium to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the etiology of the condition, specifically considering in-service exposures.

The Board remands the matter of the propriety of the grant of an apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits to his sister LS, on behalf of his minor children JG and BG, for issuance of a Statement of the Case.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 60 percent for right lower extremity varicose veins and an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for left lower extremity varicose veins prior to July 3, 2023.

The Veteran was granted a TDIU from November 29, 2011 to December 15, 2013 due to his service-connected disabilities.