The Board has determined that the veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to report for scheduled VA examinations, which resulted in the denial of his claim based on lack of evidence due to his failure to provide necessary information.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD/depression, spondylolysis at L5, left tibia spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2007
- Citation
- 0719959
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction on a secondary basis due to multiple service-connected disabilities, including Crohn's disease and hypertension.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's current diagnosis of spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 is found to be the result of a condition first noted during service, specifically spondylolysis at L5. As such, the Board grants service connection for this disorder.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, but has denied each claim on the merits. The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of residuals of electrical shock or second degree burns of either lower extremity. Pes planus pre-existed service and did not increase in severity during service. Shin splints are not shown to be causally related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for his service-connected spondylolysis at L5 is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and additional development.
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