Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the appellant's claim for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded from the August 19, 2022 rating decision as no such benefits were produced.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable initial rating for loss of sense of smell and taste, as well as a 10 percent rating based on multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted the waiver of recovery of an overpayment of transferred educational assistance benefits under Chapter 33 (Post-9/11 GI Bill) due to equity and good conscience considerations.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for post-operative bone tumor removal, left tibia with bone graft was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of congestive heart failure due to potential secondary causes and exposure to toxic herbicides, as the RO failed to provide an adequate VA examination.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for bilateral achilles tendonitis and entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities for additional development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's ankle limitations constitute the functional equivalent of ankylosis.

The veteran withdrew her appeal for a compensable rating of female sexual arousal disorder, and the Board has no jurisdiction to further review this matter.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for difficulty breathing due to an incomplete record and the need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or maintaining substantial, gainful employment, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability effective May 31, 2019.

The claims for service connection for an underarm rash, a neck rash, and a facial rash are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, thus granting entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from April 7, 2010. An evaluation in excess of 10 percent for intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) prior to April 4, 2017, was denied.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) to ensure that he is afforded full due process, as there is sufficient evidence to suggest his service-connected disabilities may interfere with his employability.

The Board denied the claims for entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a muscular system disorder, impotency, incontinence, a nervous system disorder, and amnesia, as well as entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The claims for service connection for residuals of right and left foot cold weather injuries are remanded to update VA treatment records, obtain an addendum VA medical opinion, and address the probative value of a private medical opinion.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services was dismissed because the entity that filed the notice of disagreement is not a proper claimant.

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

The appeal regarding the proposed reduction in disability rating for migraine including migraine variants was dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for higher ratings of his service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the case for additional development, including verification of in-service environmental exposures and obtaining a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's inclusion body myositis.