Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a skin condition due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, which include right hip osteoarthritis with hip joint replacement (flexion), lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome, left hip osteoarthritis with hip joint replacement (flexion), and radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve in the right leg.

The Board remands the matter to formally adjudicate whether a $64,727 overpayment of VA pension benefits was validly created and properly calculated.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for recognition as the Veteran's surviving spouse, as they were divorced at the time of his death.

The appeal was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the Veteran's election of review options.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a dental disorder, as there was no evidence of in-service trauma or loss of teeth due to bone loss.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for VR&E benefits under Chapter 31, finding that he did not have an employment handicap during the period on appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for atrial fibrillation and a stroke, to include residuals, for an appropriate examination.

The Board denied service connection for a hysterectomy as secondary to PCOS but granted a 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) because it was manifested by symptoms that required continuous treatment and were controlled by such treatment.

The Board remands the case to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the notice provided to the appellant about her eligibility for apportionment of the Veteran's VA benefits withheld during his incarceration.

The Veteran's appeal of the November 2023 rating decision, which erroneously adjudicated a motion to revise a February 2021 Board decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE), is dismissed.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for right and left hip avascular necrosis with limitation of extension, but remanded claims for higher ratings and additional compensable ratings.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for eligibility under the VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) because her serious injury was incurred after May 7, 1975, and prior to September 11, 2001.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability based upon service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's application for eligibility to enroll in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) was denied because he did not have a single service-connected disability rated as 70 percent disabling, or a combination of service-connected disabilities rated as 70 percent disabling during the period on appeal.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to a TDIU is dismissed as moot because he has a schedular combined 100 percent rating and there was no pending formal claim, informal claim, or written intent to file a petition for a TDIU one year prior to the receipt of the March 17, 2022 Intent to File a Claim for Compensation (VA Form 21-0966).

The appeal for eligibility for continued benefits under VA's PCAFC is dismissed due to the extension of eligibility for Legacy PCAFC participants.

The Board denied an increased rating above 30 percent for the Veteran's unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of carcinoid tumor of the duodenum to obtain an addendum opinion addressing its etiology in relation to herbicide exposure.

The Board remands the claim for further development to ensure that all Award Letters and determinations made by VA pertaining to the Veteran's previous eligibility, if any, regarding dependents' educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 have been associated with the record.