Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cardiovascular condition and lung condition due to potential exposure to hazardous materials, radiation, and Agent Orange.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Appellant while it was pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person, as well as a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation.

The Board found that the overpayment debt of $3,979.68 was validly created due to VA's failure to withhold attorney fees from a retroactive compensation award.

The Board granted the Veteran's daughter retroactive educational assistance benefits effective July 25, 2018.

The appeals were dismissed due to the Veteran's death while they were pending.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral eye disabilities, to include open angle glaucoma and legal blindness.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a genitourinary disorder.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment for the cost of non-VA dental care provided to the Veteran on July 17, 2020, has been resolved in full by administrative action; the appeal is moot.

The appeal for the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the March 2024 rating decision is granted.

The Board granted service connection for congestive heart failure as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder, finding that the Veteran's condition was aggravated by his PTSD. The claim for urinary frequency was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the matter to undertake necessary development to determine whether the Veteran's nephew, P.W., is a suitable fiduciary.

The appeal regarding the eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits is remanded to provide corrective notice.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for liver cancer to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding its likely etiology, including whether it is related to herbicide exposure or secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bladder cancer.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than May 6, 2021, for the grant of entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of ambulance expenses incurred on May 29, 2023, to obtain additional evidence and properly adjudicate it under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1725.

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees to the appellant based on past due VA benefits awarded in a June 2024 rating decision.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of beneficiary travel expenses to ensure all relevant records are associated with the claims file.

The Board granted service connection for alcohol use disorder as a complication of the Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified bipolar related disorder and assigned an effective date of May 6, 2021, for a 100 percent rating for the combined psychiatric disorders.

The Board found clear and unmistakable error in the original grant of service connection for a bilateral upper extremity nerve disability, as there was no diagnosis of such a condition. The severance of service connection was therefore proper.