Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment for non-VA dental services provided on August 10, 2021, has been resolved in full by administrative action; the appeal is moot.

The Board denied payment for non-VA medical services provided on December 26, 2021, and January 4, 2022, as the services were not authorized by VA.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, stemming from a January 2020 claim, for initial adjudication by the RO.

The Board remands the case to obtain a VA opinion on whether the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability has aggravated his congestive heart failure.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on December 15, 2019, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for orthostatic hypotension, to include as secondary to service-connected esophageal carcinoma, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted the Veteran's period of service from October 1, 2008 to February 4, 2012 as honorable and not a bar to VA compensation benefits. The issues related to his subsequent period of service and claims for PTSD and bilateral knee disorders are remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for keloid skin condition to obtain an opinion on whether the Veteran's keloid skin condition is related to her military service, including a smallpox vaccination.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for inguinal hernia due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for left upper extremity weakness, residual of cryptogenic stroke.

The Veteran's service-connected right foot 5th metatarsal disability was granted a 20 percent rating, but no higher.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for adding her child, A., as a dependent to her VA disability compensation.

The appeal seeking entitlement to payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical services for the July 2, 2019, episode of care was dismissed due to the appellant's withdrawal.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits, as it was determined that the Veteran was at fault in creating the debt and that recovery would not result in undue hardship or defeat the purpose of the benefits.

The appeals for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on December 31, 2020, and January 4, 2021 to February 1, 2021 were denied as the services were not authorized by VA.

The Board is remanding the issue of eligibility for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits because it is intertwined with another issue regarding the character of the service member's discharge.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right foot numbness due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for VA educational assistance benefits, under Chapter 1606, due to his eligibility being terminated by the Department of Defense on April 1, 2020.

The Board granted an effective date of April 29, 2005, for the grant of service connection for peripheral vascular disease (PVD) of both lower extremities and denied increased ratings for PVD from August 25, 2005, to July 6, 2006, with a rating of 20 percent granted from July 7, 2006, to July 6, 2007. The Board also denied an effective date prior to August 25, 2015, for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for alcohol use disorder, including as secondary to PTSD, due to a lack of evidence showing a current diagnosis of alcohol use disorder and because it is not shown that the Veteran's alcohol use disorder was caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.