Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board denied the appellant's claim for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an October 2022 Rating Decision.

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

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for a total disability rating due to unemployability and Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits, as they are inextricably intertwined with the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for urothelial carcinoma and cause of death to verify the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for additional dependency compensation, as they were not timely appealed and no clear and unmistakable error was found.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as there was insufficient evidence to show that his service-connected conditions rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lung disability and entitlement to a rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder, recurrent, generalized anxiety disorder, and alcohol use disorder due to missing service treatment records and failure to obtain private treatment records.

The appeal for an earlier effective date than April 26, 2021 for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities was denied.

The Board granted eligibility to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a May 24, 2023, decision.

The appeal for payment of non-VA medical services provided on April 21, 2021, was dismissed due to the improper claimant filing a Notice of Disagreement.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided by Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville on April 13, 2019, was dismissed due to the Appellant not being a proper claimant.

The Board remands the matter to determine the last day on which the Veteran was substantially gainfully employed and to adjudicate entitlement to TDIU.

The Board remands the appeal to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error by addressing the Veteran's CUE contentions and considering Swain v. McDonald, 27 Vet. App. 219 (2015).

The Board granted a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the amount of $6,477.80 due to the Veteran's timely request for a waiver and the fact that collection would defeat the purpose of the benefit.

The appeal for dependency and indemnity compensation has been withdrawn by the Appellant.

The Board dismissed the appeal for earlier effective dates of TDIU and DEA benefits due to lack of jurisdiction.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for TDIU was dismissed, and the Veteran's TDIU based solely on excision of ischiorectal fistula from March 3, 2020, to February 28, 2022, was granted.

The veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board made a decision.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services was dismissed due to the lack of a decision by the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) that the Veteran wished to appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for payment of expenses for a non-VA COVID-19 test performed on January 18, 2022, as it was not authorized by VA.