Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran required the regular aid and attendance of another person to carry out activities of daily living due to his service-connected disabilities prior to his death, thus granting special monthly compensation for substitution purposes.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis for the period prior to May 17, 2023.

The Board denied entitlement to initial compensable ratings for right and left leg shin splints prior to February 7, 2021, as the disability picture did not more nearly approximate malunion of the tibia or fibula with slight knee or ankle disability.

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

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for payment or reimbursement of unauthorized medical expenses incurred as a result of treatment at various providers on May 25 and 26, 2014, due to lack of evidence showing payable expenses.

The case is remanded for a new medical opinion on proximate causation to address whether VA's actions were at fault and if the Veteran's death was an event not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran's service-connected back conditions and entitlement to a TDIU based on those conditions, due to the need for additional evidence.

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

The Board remands the service connection claim for tremors of the right hand due to insufficient evidence and need for additional medical opinion.

The Veteran was granted a 10 percent rating for right hip arthritis with limitation of flexion effective June 18, 2020, but the claims for increased ratings for right hip arthritis with limitation of extension and right hip impairment were denied.

The Board remands the matter for a new VA medical opinion addressing all of the Veteran's claimed in-service toxic exposures, including herbicide agents, asbestos, concrete dust, burning waste, asphalt, and related chemicals.

The Board denied service connection for a bladder disorder and prostate disorder, finding that the Veteran's conditions were not due to an in-service event, injury, or disease, and are not otherwise etiologically related to service, including exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis prior to September 9, 2020 for further development.

The Board remands the matter to afford the Veteran an opportunity to provide VA with information and authorizations to permit VA to satisfy its duty to assist under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A(b).

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a respiratory condition due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for a mixed germ cell tumor of the right testis on a basis other than the PACT Act, to include as directly related to the Veteran's service and herbicide agent exposure, for further development.

The Board remands the issue of a higher rating for the left leg disability, as additional medical opinions are needed to properly evaluate the condition with and without medication.

The Board remands the case to correct pre-decisional errors related to the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than May 17, 2021, for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal regarding the proposal to reduce hypertension from 40 percent disabling to 20 percent disabling was dismissed as it was not a final decision and the Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for burial benefits as the Veteran was not in receipt of VA compensation or pension benefits at the time of his death and did not meet any other criteria for such benefits.