Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran's Notice of Disagreement did not identify any rating decision or adjudicative action from which an appeal could be initiated.

The Board denied service connection for a sinus condition as there was no evidence of a current disability and the Veteran failed to appear for a scheduled examination without good cause.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of benign essential tremor, left and right hand, based on the PACT Act.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of a 10 percent evaluation for a right ankle condition prior to June 7, 2022, based on clear and unmistakable error.

The Board denied the appellant's eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded from the October 2023 rating decision.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on August 20, 2021, was denied due to lack of authorization by VA.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for adding his spouse, P.S.M., to his VA disability compensation award.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disability due to insufficient evidence and procedural errors.

The Board remands the issue of whether the character of the Veteran's discharge from service for the period from January 2019 to June 2021 constitutes a bar to the award of VA monetary and healthcare benefits due to an incomplete record.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for cold injury residuals of both ears due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the propriety of the creation of his overpayment debts and remanded the challenges to the validity of the amounts of the overpayments, as well as the claim for a waiver of the recoupment.

The appeal seeking revision or reversal of an April 2006 rating decision that denied higher and separate compensable evaluations for a right knee disability, based on CUE, is denied. The appeal seeking revision or reversal of a July 2019 rating decision that denied higher and separate compensable evaluations for a right knee disability, based on CUE, is dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for a mouth, bone, and gum disorder to schedule a VA examination and obtain an etiology opinion due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on February 4, 2021, is denied.

The appeal seeking eligibility for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2023 rating decision is dismissed as the issue has been resolved by administrative action.

The Board granted an effective date of November 14, 2019, for the award of a TDIU, SMC based on housebound criteria, and basic eligibility for DEA.

The Board granted service connection for a right heel disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease with spondylosis and intervertebral disc syndrome.

The Veteran's claim for an annual clothing allowance for a back brace for calendar year 2020 was granted due to the back brace causing wear and tear to her clothing.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services was dismissed due to the improper filing by a billing company that did not provide the underlying services.

The appeals related to the proposed decreases in ratings for the Veteran's left hip conditions were dismissed as a matter of law.