Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the Veteran's challenges to the propriety of the creation of an overpayment and his claim for a waiver of the recoupment of the overpayment, as both claims were deemed moot.

The Board denied payment for non-emergency, non-VA medical services performed on March 30, 2021, as they were not authorized by VA.

The Board granted service connection for hyperacusis, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether it is related to the Veteran's military service.

The appeal for an increased evaluation in excess of 20 percent for service-connected diabetes mellitus type II has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

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

The Veteran withdrew her appeal related to the rate of recoupment of an overpayment debt, and the Board dismissed it.

The Board granted special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a creative organ due to service-connected scrotal varicocele and atrophy of both testes.

The Board remands the Veteran's increased rating claim for ulcerative colitis to correct a duty to assist error related to VA examinations.

The appeal of the 'denial of back claims' was dismissed due to the untimely submission of a Notice of Disagreement.

The Board granted service connection for an umbilical hernia, finding that the Veteran's condition was incurred during active duty.

The Board denied compensation for additional disability due to treatment at a VA medical facility in September 2022, as the proximate cause of the gallbladder and liver injuries was not due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or an event not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits, in the amount of $13,045.26.

The appeal for service connection for various neurological conditions has been withdrawn by the Veteran's representative.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for additional retroactive VA compensation benefits for the period October 2021 through June 2022.

The appeal for retroactive benefits in excess of 12 months of VA educational benefits under the TOB program is dismissed as the appellant has received the full benefit she sought.

The appeal for readjudication of the claim for an extension of the delimiting date beyond June 1, 2019, for educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 is granted. The issue regarding whether an extension of the delimiting date is warranted is remanded.

The Board granted the attorney's appeal for eligibility to receive a fee based on past-due benefits awarded from the December 2023 rating decision that granted service connection for a right hip disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of hypercholesterolemia to afford the Veteran an adequate VA medical examination and obtain a medical opinion.

The Board remands the case for another VA addendum opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral elbow tendonitis.

The Board granted the Veteran's claim for a clothing allowance for 2015 due to the use of his back brace but denied the claim for topical medications.