Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for right hip pain to include arthritis but granted ratings of 10%, 20%, and 20% from August 21, 2014, to October 27, 2022.

The Board denied the Appellant's claim for recognition as the surviving spouse of the Veteran for VA death benefits due to their divorce prior to his death.

The Board granted an effective date of October 4, 1994, for the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizoaffective disorder, depressive type.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left hand disability and right hand disability to obtain additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.

The claim seeking an earlier effective date prior to September 16, 2022, for the assignment of a 50 percent evaluation for service-connected posttraumatic migraine headaches on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a December 2003 rating decision is dismissed.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of TDIU is dismissed due to res judicata.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services was dismissed because the billing company that filed the request did not furnish the underlying services.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal regarding the overpayment of VA compensation benefits and the waiver of recovery of such overpayment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder as there was no current disability and the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness or an undiagnosed illness.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for insomnia (also claimed as fatigue) and granted service connection for right finger nerve damage with loss of range of motion, effective May 11, 2023.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded a claim for service connection for a right hand disability.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services was dismissed due to the improper filing by a billing company.

The appeal was dismissed as the claims for payment of non-VA medical treatment provided on October 11, 2022, November 7, 2022, and January 24, 2023, were resolved in full by administrative action.

The appeal seeking entitlement to payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical services provided on June 1, 2018 is dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of ambulance transportation services due to a lack of clarity in the evidence and procedural errors.

The veteran is granted a total disability rating for individual unemployability (TDIU) from January 12, 2022.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the criteria for eligibility for PCAFC benefits as set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 1720G(a)(2)(C).

The Board remands the matter for a compliant notice of decision on the issue of entitlement to eligibility for survivors' pension benefits, to include an SMC for a surviving spouse based on the need for aid and attendance or housebound status.

The Board remands the claim for a left hip muscle strain to schedule additional VA examinations to determine the severity of the disability.