Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral mastectomy and axillary lymph node removal, as well as cancer - breast.

The veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board granted service connection for an undiagnosed illness manifested by gastrointestinal signs or symptoms based on the Veteran's credible statements and the evidence of chronicity.

The Board granted service connection for left and right hand arthritis, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service duties as a helicopter mechanic.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a fixed drug eruption with residual post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to his active service.

The appeal concerning the character of the Veteran's discharge is dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for anosmia to correct a duty to assist error related to notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for bilateral flatfoot disorder.

The appeal concerning the issue of entitlement to service connection for helicobacter pylori with inflammatory benign polyps is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claims for an eye disability and the propriety of withholding VA benefits due to concurrent payment of active duty pay and VA compensation benefits, as adequate examinations were not provided.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 100 percent for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and remanded the claim for service connection for basal cell carcinoma.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for a compensable evaluation of the right anterior trunk scar.

The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date prior to June 8, 2017, for the award of TDIU on an extraschedular basis.

The appeal regarding eligibility to attorney fees based on past due benefits was withdrawn by the Veteran's attorney.

The Board remands the claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits based on service connection for the Veteran's cause of death to reconsider it with newly associated service treatment and personnel records.

The Board remands the issues of whether the Appellant's character of discharge is a bar to VA benefits and entitlement to compensation for diverticulitis with colon and rectal intestinal polyps, as they are inextricably intertwined.

The Board granted payment or reimbursement of the cost of non-VA medical services provided by Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Putnam Emergency Physicians on September 19, 2023.

The veteran withdrew the appeal before it was decided.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for individual unemployability was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death to obtain additional evidence regarding the locations of the USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS16) from October 1964 to March 1965.