Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cervical strain, migraine headaches, lumbosacral strain, and others, combined to 90% disabling. Considering his educational background and work experience, the Board granted a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a testicular disorder to obtain an adequate medical opinion that addresses the article cited by the Veteran's representative.

The Board grants service connection for adjustment disorder, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The appeal is remanded for additional development to ensure compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities for further evidentiary development and adjudication.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation during the period on appeal prior to October 3, 2015.

The Board grants a TDIU for the appeal period prior to June 29, 2017, based on the combined effects of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as there is no evidence that his service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected right thigh muscle injury and entitlement to TDIU, as further development is needed.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for nephrolithiasis with urinary tract infection, as the Veteran's symptoms align with the criteria requiring greater than two hospitalizations per year.

The appeal regarding the proposed severance of service connection for right ear hearing loss was dismissed as a matter of law.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for abdominal pain to correct a pre-decisional error in not obtaining an adequate VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 18, 2023 due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 25, 2016, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services was dismissed due to the improper claimant filing a VA Form 10182.

The Board remands the claim for a secondary service connection opinion regarding whether the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric disorder is caused or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of prostate cancer.

The appeal for a compensable rating for hearing loss was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative and is therefore dismissed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for obesity and vitamin D deficiency as they are not considered disabilities for VA benefits purposes.

The Board denied an effective date prior to July 27, 2021, for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for aid and attendance.

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