Other conditions decisions — 2025

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

The Board remands the claim for basic eligibility for VA educational assistance benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 3320, known as the STEM Scholarship, to ensure adequate notice is provided and all relevant evidence is considered.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for jaw disability, as the evidence did not support a higher rating under the applicable criteria.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU), finding that August 23, 2018 was the proper date of claim.

The Veteran withdrew her appeal seeking higher initial ratings for service-connected abscessed episiotomy site, bladder issues, vaginal conditions, and tachycardia effective July 14, 2014.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board remands the matter for further development and consideration of evidence related to the Veteran's eligibility for benefits under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC).

The Board denied service connection for colon cancer residuals, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's condition and his active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia as it is a symptom of the Veteran's already service-connected major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate, with anxious distress.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 7, 2021, for the 30 percent disability rating assigned for service-connected pes planus.

The appeal concerning the Veteran's claim for a higher rating for GERD was withdrawn and therefore dismissed.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a TDIU based solely upon the service-connected Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Cannabis Use Disorder for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of herpes, as the earliest possible date is the day following his separation from service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a temporary total disability rating due to service-connected depressive disorder requiring convalescence or hospital treatment in excess of 21 days from June 20, 2021, to February 2, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a special home adaptation grant as there is no evidence that he meets the criteria for an eligible condition.

The Veteran's TDIU award is granted effective October 23, 2018, based on the disabling effects of his service-connected disabilities.

The termination of nonservice-connected pension benefits from October 1, 2022, was improper and is void ab initio.

The Board denied service connection for anemia as there is no current diagnosis of the condition.

The Board remands the claim for PCAFC benefits to provide proper notice and clarify the reason for the denial with legally adequate reasons and bases.

The Board granted service connection for a deviated nasal septum, finding it to be proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected sinusitis with sinus headaches.