Other conditions decisions — 2025

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

The Board remands the claim for service connection for pancreatitis due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding its etiology.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on September 1, 2021, is denied.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the award of a TDIU was denied as it was determined that no formal or informal claim seeking a TDIU was received between the January 20, 2006 Board decision and September 5, 2006.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for educational assistance benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill due to a single period of service that was used for eligibility and receipt of Chapter 30 educational assistance benefits, which cannot be used to establish separate entitlement to Chapter 33 educational assistance benefits.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's need for personal care services and supervision due to an alleged worsening of his condition since the previous decision.

The Board granted an increased rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's left foot neuropraxia, musculocutaneous (superficial peroneal) nerve based on severe incomplete paralysis.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services provided on November 29, 2019, is dismissed as the claim has been paid and there remains no case or controversy for the Board to adjudicate.

The Board remands the case to ensure accurate consideration and evaluation of the service-connected left and right eye disability, recharacterizing it as right eye recurring central serous retinopathy with residual RPE changes and distortion and left eye atrophic retinal holes.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability (cholinergic urticaria) prior to August 10, 2022, to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's skin disability is related to her service.

The Board granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for iatrogenic common bile duct injury with occlusion and right hepatic artery injury residuals to include portoenterostomy residuals and generalized weakness, finding that the additional disability was proximately caused by an event not reasonably foreseeable during a January 2023 laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

The appeal for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred on February 23, 2020, is dismissed as the benefits have already been granted.

The Board found that the Veteran is not competent to manage the disbursement of VA benefits due to his mental health condition, and denied the appeal.

The Board remands the issue of whether the VA properly withheld retroactive payment of DIC benefits based on receipt of SBP benefits due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an unaddressed waiver request.

The appeal is dismissed due to the death of the Appellant.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for basic eligibility for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 due to his discharge not being honorable.

The Board grants an increased apportionment of the Veteran's VA compensation benefits to the appellant, on behalf of children MSC and TAC, for the period from November 2021 to October 2023.

The Board granted the waiver of recovery of an overpayment of educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 GI Bill) due to undue financial hardship.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the addition of the Veteran's spouse as a dependent, finding that January 30, 2024, was the first claim for additional dependency benefits.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his astrocytoma of the brain was related to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during active duty in Vietnam.