Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection of myasthenia gravis to obtain a medical opinion regarding its etiology, specifically whether it is related to in-service immunizations.

The Board granted service connection for a gynecological condition, to include hysterectomy, finding that the evidence was at least in approximate balance regarding its etiological relation to active-duty service.

The appeal for attorney fees based on past-due benefits was withdrawn by the appellant.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD, finding that the evidence did not support an earlier effective date.

The appellant's service in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve meets the eligibility criteria for VA home loan guaranty benefits, granting him a certificate of eligibility.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for schizoaffective disorder to ensure proper notice and a new VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for periampullary adenocarcinoma, finding that the appropriate effective date is February 24, 2020.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment since January 29, 2013.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, including Parkinsonism and tremors. The appeal seeking SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) is dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bladder disability, finding no evidence of a current disability and that the Veteran's urinary symptoms were not due to an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.

The Board found that the overpayment debt of VA compensation benefits, in the amount of $12,973.03, due to the retroactive removal of a spouse was properly created.

The Board granted service connection for cholecystectomy residuals as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected liver disease and transplant.

The appeal for service connection for brain cancer was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as no new and relevant evidence was received within one year of the final denial in July 2007.

The Board remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an additional disability of loss of visual acuity and a failed corneal transplant, as a result of eye surgeries performed by VA in 2014, due to improper development by the AOJ.

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date and TDIU due to duty-to-assist errors, including unaddressed exposure to AFFF and a missing medical opinion on etiology.

The Board remands the appeal to obtain a medical opinion and readjudicate the claim of entitlement to eligibility for benefits under PCAFC.

The request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits, in the amount of $7,788.94 was timely received and granted.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical expenses incurred at a Select Medical facility is dismissed as there has been no decision issued by VA concerning this issue.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the propriety of the creation of an overpayment and his waiver claim, but granted a reduction in the debt amount.