Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted the claim for service connection for schizoaffective disorder based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the issue to allow for a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder for accrued benefits purposes, finding that the Veteran's mental disorder had its onset during service and was caused by in-service events, including military sexual trauma. The claim for service connection for PTSD for accrued benefits purposes is remanded.

The appeal for service connection for a right arm condition was dismissed, while the effective date for an increased rating of 20 percent for the right shoulder disability was granted as March 25, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for low sex drive/female sexual arousal disorder to provide the Veteran with a VA examination and opinions regarding the nature and etiology of her condition.

The Board remands the issue of whether the debt resulting from an overpayment of VA educational assistance benefits was properly created for further development.

The appeal regarding the fee eligibility decision has been withdrawn by the appellant and is therefore dismissed.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a waiver of overpayment of VA benefits due to the Veteran's felony incarceration, as the AOJ has not addressed the validity of the debt.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity nerve pain as secondary to a service-connected thoracolumbar strain due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for an insomnia disorder secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date of special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance, as the RO improperly adjudicated a CUE issue in the first instance.

The Board has remanded the claim for burial benefits due to it being inextricably intertwined with another pending claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status, as TDIU was not based solely on a single service-connected disability.

The Board remands the case for an additional medical opinion to address the Veteran's claim that his colon cancer is related to herbicide agent exposure, including exposure from burn pits.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than March 16, 2023, for the grant of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance was granted.

The Board dismissed the claims for an earlier effective date prior to March 19, 2021, for both service connection for migraine including migraine variants and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) pursuant to 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

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 Board remands the claim for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of service-connected benefits to the AOJ for further adjudication.

The Board granted an annual clothing allowance for a back brace worn to treat a service-connected disability, as it tended to wear out or tear the Veteran's clothing.

The Board remands the claims for an equipment purchase of a Tempur-pedic or sleep number mattress and an ergonomic chair due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error by the AOJ.

The Board remands the claim for entitlement to a TDIU, prior to May 24, 2017, to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.