Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issue of eligibility for a higher-level stipend (40 hours per week) for the PCAFC due to inadequate medical opinion and insufficient notice.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip disorder for an examination and opinion to determine its etiology.

The appeal for a temporary total evaluation because of treatment for a service-connected or other condition subject to compensation has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits under the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship because he had not exhausted his Chapter 33 benefits and was not on track to do so within 180 days.

The Board dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date for Dependency and Indemity Compensation (DIC) as moot because the surviving spouse is already receiving the earliest available effective date.

The appeal for VR&E benefits under Chapter 31 was dismissed as the Veteran's claim was granted during the pendency of the appeal, making it moot.

The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and employment information.

The issue of the reasonableness of the amount of agent fees awarded to the Appellee based on the past-due benefits awarded in the June 2024 rating decision is remanded.

The Board remands the matter for a new medical determination to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The appeal for special monthly compensation based on housebound has been withdrawn and is therefore dismissed.

The appeal seeking payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical services provided on March 28, 2020 was dismissed because the appellant (Benefit Recovery) did not properly file a Notice of Disagreement.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA emergency medical services provided on August 16, 2019, has been resolved in full by administrative action and is now moot.

The appeal for payment of the cost of non-VA home healthcare services provided on January 13-23, 2019, has been resolved administratively and is now moot.

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

The Board granted service connection for bilateral foot pain, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his current condition is etiologically related to his military service.

The appeal of the proposed reduction in the Veteran's service-connected hypertension rating is dismissed because the reduction has not been effectuated and the decision was merely a proposal.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death before a Board decision could be made.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 4, 2010, for the grant of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with ventricular arrhythmia, as the previous examination was found to be inadequate.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and TDIU is granted.