Other conditions decisions — 2026

The Board has determined that the September 2025 decision on appeal is legally inadequate and remands the case for a new medical determination considering all medical information of record.

The Veteran's attorney representative withdrew the appeal for attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in an April 2025 rating decision. The Board dismissed the appeal as a result.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral eye condition and cataracts are being remanded as new evidence has been submitted that may support the connection to service.

The Board has decided to remand the claim for service connection of obesity, as it is insufficiently addressed in the current evidence and a new medical opinion is needed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of urinary frequency and has not had one at any time during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim. Therefore, service connection for urinary frequency is denied.

The Board has restored service connection for insomnia as a separately rated disability, effective February 1, 2025.

Your appeals for specially adapted housing and automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. This decision does not affect your current DIC award.

The Veteran requested to withdraw all issues on appeal, leading to the dismissal of the case.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the overpayment creation and waiver of recoupment, finding that the Veteran caused or materially contributed to the creation of his debt due to his felony conviction. The Board also found no financial hardship and concluded that the Veteran's reliance on prison officials for basic necessities was not a valid basis for waiving the overpayment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a waiver of the recoupment of his overpayment debt, finding that he failed to establish any financial hardship and that his fault in creating the overpayment was evident. The decision also noted that the balance of equities counsels against the Veteran's waiver claim.

The Board has granted the appellant's eligibility for educational assistance benefits under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship) due to her being the child of a Veteran who died in line of duty on or after September 11, 2001.

The Board dismissed the appeal as there was no underlying rating decision denying educational benefits to the Appellant, and the April 2023 NOD did not identify an existing determination being appealed.

The Veteran's Sjogren's syndrome is remanded due to inadequate VA examinations and a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The appeal is dismissed because the issue of payment or reimbursement for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran during an episode of care from June 29, 2022, to June 30, 2022, falls under the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) and cannot be appealed to the Board.

The Veteran's appeal for travel reimbursement on July 13, 2022 is dismissed as the claim was already processed and paid.

The Veteran's right hip flexion was granted a 10% rating prior to April 29, 2024 and a 20% rating from that date onward. The Veteran's left hip flexion was granted a 30% rating prior to September 12, 2022.

The Veteran is found ineligible for enrollment in the PCAFC program due to his ability to independently perform all activities of daily living without requiring personal care services and is not in need of supervision, protection, or instruction.

The appellant withdrew his appeal due to eligibility for attorney fees based on a previous June 2025 rating decision, and the Board dismissed the case as a result.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's right hand disability, including degenerative changes to the right fifth finger.

The Board dismissed the appeal regarding the apportionment of the Veteran's monthly VA compensation benefits to the Appellant on behalf of the Veteran's minor children due to noncompliance with mandatory claims processing rules.