Other conditions decisions — 2025

The appeal pertaining to the issue of entitlement to the Fry Scholarship is dismissed as moot because the appellant made an irrevocable decision to receive Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits instead.

The appeal was dismissed because the March 2024 higher-level review return action was not a final, appealable decision.

The Board denied service connection for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) due to the lack of a current diagnosis, and remanded the claim for bilateral elbow tendonitis for further development.

The appeal for special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance was withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board denied a higher evaluation for adjustment disorder but granted an earlier effective date and TDIU.

The appeal for eligibility for benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers was denied as a matter of law due to the Veteran and Caregiver no longer meeting the eligibility requirements.

The Board dismissed the claims for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on aid and attendance and SMC based on housebound criteria prior to January 9, 2020.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disability and remanded the claim for service connection for a sleep disability.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the increased 70 percent disability rating for service-connected bipolar II disorder, as there was no factually ascertainable increase in severity within one year of the February 2022 decision.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes of the head, face, neck and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding their etiology.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right and left hip conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating under applicable diagnostic codes.

The Veteran's effective date for service connection for tinnitus is granted from April 26, 2023.

The Veteran's earlier effective date for the evaluation of 70 percent for schizoaffective disorder is granted to January 13, 2021. The claims for service connection for an unspecified jaw condition and steatosis of liver are denied.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a genitourinary disorder, to include urinary frequency and/or voiding dysfunction, for further development of evidence.

The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable evaluation, a higher initial evaluation, and entitlement to TDIU due to the need for additional development of evidence.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent prior to August 7, 2023, for penile papules as the evidence did not show that the Veteran's skin disorder affected more than 5 percent of his body or required systemic therapy.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of loss of eyesight, right eye, secondary to service-connected lupus.

The Board granted service connection for squamous cell carcinoma of the throat, to include larynx carcinoma, based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.

The Board remands the claim for payment of non-VA care provided by XRA on January 31, 2020, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether any diagnosed reproductive system disability had its clinical onset during service or is due to an event or incident of the Veteran's period of active service, and whether it was caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with PTSD.