Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from obtaining or maintaining gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted.

The Board granted a disability rating of 30 percent for left ventricular hypertrophy, but no higher.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history, thus granting entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for VR&E benefits, finding that he did not have an employment handicap despite having service-connected disabilities with a combined rating of 100 percent.

The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by dizziness as secondary to migraines and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board remands the claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for a psychiatric disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the matter of whether the retroactive termination of payment of additional Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation benefits was proper due to a potential failure to provide necessary due process.

The appellant is eligible to the direct payment of attorney fees based on the past-due benefits awarded in the March 2024 rating decision.

The appeal for reimbursement of medical services was denied due to the untimely filing and lack of good cause.

The Board granted service connection for vitiligo, finding that the evidence was in approximate balance and the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine applied.

The Board granted an initial 20 percent disability rating for the service-connected cellulitis of the left and right great toes, but denied service connection for nerve damage to both feet.

The Board remands the case for a more detailed and thoroughly explained medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eligibility for benefits under VA PCAFC.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for a survivor's pension due to the Veteran not having wartime service.

The Board remands the claim for a clothing allowance for calendar year 2019 due to missing documentation.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on January 21, 2021, is denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for insomnia disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for colon cancer, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and in-service exposure or other in-service incurrence.

The appeal regarding the removal of the Veteran's dependent child N. from his award effective January 1, 2023, has been dismissed as there is no case or controversy.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's service-connected status post inguinal hernia repair as the evidence did not support a higher evaluation.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder (claimed as vision loss) due to a need for a new medical opinion.