Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter to ensure a complete record is available for review, including an audit of the debt calculation.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2023 Rating Decision.

The Board remands the claim to correct a pre-decisional error and obtain an adequate clinical determination as to whether participation in the PCAFC is in the Veteran's best interest.

The Board remands the matter for the RO to obtain outstanding records from a chiropractic center that the Veteran mentioned seeing prior to the June 2024 rating decision.

The Board dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date for TDIU and SMC benefits due to an administrative error where the same appeal was docketed under different docket numbers.

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

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for left quadricep injury, muscle group XIV, as there was no formal or informal claim prior to October 19, 2012.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on August 15, 2021, is denied.

The Board remands the claim for an eye floater to schedule a VA examination and obtain an opinion on its etiology, particularly whether it is secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board denied service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding that the disability was not chronic in service and did not manifest to a compensable degree within the applicable presumptive period.

The overpayment of MHA benefits under VRRAP was properly created, but the recovery of this debt would be against equity and good conscience.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for dependency benefits based on his marriage to K., as there was no proof of dependency status submitted within one year of the marriage.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for status post right inguinal hernia and entitlement to a TDIU due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied an effective date prior to September 18, 2015, for additional dependency compensation for the Veteran's child.

The appeals for TDIU, a compensable rating for ventral hernia (postoperative and non-postoperative), and a rating in excess of 10 percent based upon multiple, noncompensable, service-connected disabilities were dismissed due to untimely filings or procedural defects.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical care provided from January 14, 2021, through January 15, 2021, has been dismissed as the issue was resolved administratively.

The Veteran was granted a higher rate of special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(r)(1) from August 17, 2020.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided on November 2, 2018, was dismissed due to the improper filing by Benefit Recovery.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain, persistent with alcohol use disorder, mild, effective October 9, 2019.

The appeal for service connection for depression was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was promulgated.