Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on September 2, 2021, is denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for vocal cord parakeratosis with residual dysphonia, as an adequate medical opinion addressing all relevant evidence of record is needed.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death and no substitution has been granted.

The Board remands the case to address whether the debt or its amount were validly created, due to errors in the AOJ's duty-to-assist and notification.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal regarding his claim for an increased rating and earlier effective date for depressive disorder with depressed features associated with thoracolumbar degenerative arthritis.

Eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees to the appellant from past due benefits awarded in an April 2024 rating decision granting entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 29, 2017, for entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA), but denied the same for a 40 percent rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 due to clear and unmistakable error in a prior decision that terminated the Veteran's receipt of Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the matter for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran has suffered the anatomical loss of 25 percent or more of tissue from a single breast or both breasts in combination, or received radiation treatment of breast tissue.

The Board remands the claim for an extension of the delimiting date for VA educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33, Post-9/11 GI Bill, to obtain additional evidence and properly develop the claim.

The appeal for individual unemployability was dismissed as the issue of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) has already been granted.

The Board remands the matter to the AOJ for an opinion on whether it is in the best interest of the Veteran to participate in the PCAFC program and to provide complete notice as required by law.

The Board's decision to dismiss the entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the purposes of accrued benefits was vacated due to a procedural error.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on August 4, 2021, is denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hysterectomy and pelvic adhesions to obtain an addendum VA medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for L4-L5 spinal fusion, finding the evidence to be in at least approximate balance as to whether it is related to an injury during active military service. The claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

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

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for alopecia as the evidence of record does not show that his male pattern baldness is related to his military service.

The Board remands the matter for further development, including scheduling an in-person VA examination or obtaining a medical opinion from an appropriate provider to determine if the Veteran's eye disabilities are related to service.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's chest pain is a separate and distinct disability, caused or aggravated by service-connected anxiety disorder, atrioventricular block, or non-service-connected gastrointestinal conditions.