Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted eligibility to the direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a November 2023 rating decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 8, 2023, for the award of service connection for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity.

The Board granted a 100 percent evaluation for Crohn's disease and the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the Veteran being permanently housebound due to his service-connected disability.

The appeal of the denial of eligibility to the direct payment of fees to the appellant from past due benefits granted in a November 2023 rating decision is dismissed.

The appeal for service connection for a respiratory disability and a skin disability as due to exposure to burn pits was dismissed because the Veteran did not file a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) within one year of the November 2021 rating decision.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA emergency medical services provided on January 4, 2019, was dismissed.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for a rating higher than 40 percent for a service-connected lumbar spine disability and a temporary total rating based on treatment for a service-connected disability.

The appeal for a compensable disability rating for hypophosphatemic osteomalacia was dismissed as there were no specific errors of fact or law to consider.

The appeal for service connection for acoustic neuroma was granted based on new and relevant evidence, but the issue is also remanded for further development.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a commencement date after March 7, 2023, for payment of VA educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 of Title 38 of the United States Code (Post-9/11 GI Bill) due to the granted extension of the delimiting date.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA ambulance transportation due to it not being filed within the 180-day period.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a TDIU from December 11, 2018 to January 24, 2019 for further adjudication by the AOJ.

The Board remands the case to obtain additional medical evidence and an updated opinion regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral lower extremity chronic venous syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for surgical residuals, to include incomplete paraplegia of the lower extremities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as the evidence did not support that his service-connected conditions rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted an effective date of June 1, 2004, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

The Board granted service connection for a chronic skin condition of the upper arms and face, finding that the Veteran's skin condition began during active duty service and has continued to the present.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to February 24, 2023 and a 100 percent rating from February 24, 2023 to April 30, 2024.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for blurry vision to obtain an addendum opinion based on file review.

The Veteran's VA disability compensation was granted an apportionment of 20 percent on behalf of his dependent child, M.A., from the date of claim to when M.A. turned 18.