Other conditions decisions — 2026

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified trauma and other stressor related disorder did not require hospitalization for more than 21 days during the appeal period, thus denying her claim for a temporary total evaluation.

The Board has identified a need for additional development to determine if the Veteran's foot conditions are related to her military service, and thus remands the case.

The Board has determined that the claim of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability must be readjudicated due to new and relevant evidence. The case is being remanded for further development by the RO.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the attorney's request to appeal the decision regarding his attorney fees was not filed within the required time frame.

The Veteran's gynecological pathology, including uterine muscle pain, pelvic congestion syndrome with iliac vein stent placement, and hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy, is presumed to be related to her service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

The Veteran's eligibility for VR&E subsistence allowance at the Post-9/11 GI Bill rate was denied as he no longer qualified under Chapter 33 education benefits due to his delimiting date, and thus could not elect the Post-9/11 subsistence allowance while receiving Chapter 31 benefits.

The VA correctly calculated and paid retroactive compensation benefits to the Veteran for the period from May 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. The appeal is denied as additional retroactive VA compensation is not warranted.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for prescription and distribution of controlled substances by the Manila VAOPC, finding that it was no longer within their limits to safely provide these medications.

The Board has remanded the claim of service connection for alopecia due to its determination that there is insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's alopecia was aggravated by his service-connected right radical orchiectomy.

The Veteran withdrew all issues in appeal, including entitlement to individual unemployability, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance. The Board dismissed the appeal as a result.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for additional medical opinions and records, particularly regarding potential TERA exposure related to the Veteran's MOS as a motor transport operator.

The Veteran's attorney is not entitled to fees based on past-due benefits awarded for service connection of bilateral hearing loss because the attorney has agreed in writing that no fees would be charged.

The Board has granted service connection for left elbow strain, but the appeal is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date available at law (February 23, 2023) was already assigned in a prior decision.

The Veteran's permanent and total disability rating was effective in August 2015, which occurred after the Appellant reached her 26th birthday (September 2011). Therefore, she is not eligible for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.

The Veteran's claim for an increased disability rating and earlier effective date for service connection for a urinary disability has been denied. The Veteran did not meet the criteria for a higher disability rating, and there was no valid challenge to the initial effective date of August 10, 2022.

The Veteran's TDIU was granted effective March 1, 2024, based on his service-connected mental health disability and OSA. The effective date for the increased rating of mental health disability is November 1, 2023.

The Veteran's TDIU claim for the period prior to July 6, 2023 is being remanded due to an AOJ error in not considering her case on its merits.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for varicose veins in the right lower extremity is being remanded due to new evidence received since the March 2020 SOC. The AOJ must obtain a medical opinion regarding the etiology of her varicose veins and whether they are related to her military service or her service-connected varicose veins in the left lower extremity.

The appeal regarding additional VA compensation benefits for the Veteran's stepchild, G., is dismissed because no decision was issued prior to the July 2025 VA Form 10182.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to a lumbar spine disability. The Veteran's claims for service connection are not currently addressed.