Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for further development to determine if the Veteran's other health insurance, specifically United Healthcare, covered the ambulance transportation on June 25, 2019.

The Board denied an effective date prior to September 21, 2022, for the award of a TDIU due to the lack of evidence indicating the Veteran's service-connected disabilities increased to the point where he was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation within the year prior to VA's receipt of his September 21, 2022 claim seeking a TDIU.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and residuals of surgery associated with it due to insufficient evidence regarding their relation to active duty, including potential exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The Board denied service connection for a neck disorder and a bilateral foot disorder due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities resulting in functional impairment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not support that he was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran was granted a TDIU from March 20, 2006, but no earlier, to January 31, 2011, due to his service-connected PTSD.

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

The appeal regarding the Veteran's entitlement to VA educational assistance benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 3320 (Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship) was dismissed as moot because the Veteran had already received the benefits.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for reimbursement of non-VA prescription medication from October 3, 2023, as it was not related to emergency medical treatment.

The veteran withdrew her appeal for all issues related to the reimbursement of medical expenses.

The Veteran is granted a temporary total disability rating for right total knee arthroplasty from March 2, 2023 to September 30, 2023.

The Board grants an effective date of September 22, 2015, for a TDIU.

The appeal for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided on December 17, 2018, was dismissed due to the improper filing by Benefit Recovery.

The Board granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities on and after January 3, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for a Home Improvement Structural Alterations (HISA) grant, to include Specially Adapted Housing (SAH), and Special Home Adaptation (SHA) due to missing documentation and a need to correct pre-decisional errors.

The Board remands the claim for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical services provided on February 24, 2020 due to missing records and lack of proper notice.

The Board granted an effective date of July 29, 2022 for the grant of service connection for oral cancer based on exposure to contaminated water during service in Camp LeJeune.

The appeal with respect to the claim for an earlier effective date prior to November 3, 2022, for a TDIU is dismissed.

The veteran withdrew the appeal, and there are no allegations of errors for appellate consideration.

The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) to the Director of Compensation Service for an extraschedular determination.