Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded, as the July 2024 rating decision was considered the initial AOJ decision with respect to the case.

The Board granted a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pension benefits in the amount of $254,454.80 due to undue financial hardship.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on January 10, 2021, was denied because the services were not authorized by VA.

The motion alleging clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the evaluation assigned for status post hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, residual of endometriosis, is dismissed without prejudice to refiling.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on December 23, 2020, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

The appeal was denied because the non-emergency, non-VA medical services performed on August 23, 2021, were not authorized by VA.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal for reinstatement of a TDIU, effective from February 1, 2021.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 6, 2018 for the 50 percent disability rating for eosinophilic esophagitis but denied a higher rating.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the 60 percent rating assigned for his service-connected bilateral eye disability, finding that August 5, 2022, was the earliest date it could be factually ascertainable that the increase in severity had occurred.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for tonsillitis to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing the Veteran's recent diagnosis of recurrent tonsillitis and chronic tonsillitis.

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of death, as there was insufficient evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's service and his death due to anoxic encephalopathy caused by bupropion intoxication.

The Board remands the claim for a pre-decisional duty to assist error based on the precedential rule announced in Veteran Warriors, and requires the Agency of Original Jurisdiction to issue a notice of the decision consistent with the correct statutory criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing (SAH) and a special home adaptation (SHA) grant.

The appeal regarding an increased evaluation for other-specified trauma and stressor-related disorder is dismissed because the AOJ's deferral was not an appealable decision.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for clarification regarding the Veteran's reported income.

The appeal was dismissed as it was not timely filed within one year of the VHA administrative decision.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on June 29, 2021, was denied because such services were not authorized by VA.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for cholelithiasis as secondary to degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied payment for non-VA medical services provided on August 17, 2021, as the services were not authorized by VA.

The appeal was denied because the non-emergency, non-VA medical services performed on August 6, 2021, were not authorized by VA.