Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Veteran is granted a TDIU from August 19, 2016, based on his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for a toenail condition and granted an initial 20 percent rating, but no higher, from August 10, 2022, for bilateral dry eye syndrome.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, granting an extraschedular total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for residuals of testicular torsion and denied a compensable rating for infertility, while granting special monthly compensation (SMC) under section 1114(k) for loss of use of a creative organ.

The January 10, 2025, Board decision which denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is vacated due to a request for a stay of proceedings.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from October 31, 2012.

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

The Board granted service connection for piriformis syndrome, claimed as gluteal pain, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD rendered him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, and he is in receipt of a TDIU based on his PTSD.

The appeal is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for beneficiary travel payment was denied due to untimeliness, as the application was not received within 30 days after completing the travel.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 27, 2022 for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board dismissed the appeal for a TDIU from April 23, 2024, as moot because the Veteran is already receiving a total schedular rating and special monthly compensation.

The Veteran was granted a rating of 20 percent for the left popliteal aneurysm but denied a compensable rating for the right popliteal aneurysm, and temporary total ratings were granted based on surgical procedures associated with the bilateral popliteal aneurysms.

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's residuals of fracture of the left fifth finger, as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The appeal regarding attorney fees from the past-due benefits awarded in the October 2023 rating decision is dismissed due to the Veteran's former attorney waiving entitlement to fees.

The Board denied service connection for a left elbow condition and remanded the issue of service connection for a right elbow condition.

The case is remanded for an audit to provide the basis and documentation for the calculation of the retroactive payment at issue in this case, including the details of any CRDP adjustment.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for eligibility for direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded to the Veteran pursuant to a June 2023 rating decision.