The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and TDIU due to his service-connected psychophysiological musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal disorders. The current evaluation of 30 percent is deemed appropriate based on the severity of symptoms.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes, as the veteran's disability manifests with occupational and social impairment consistent with a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- psychophysiological musculoskeletal disorder, gastrointestinal disorder with deformed duodenal bulb
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0727930
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's lumbar spine disorder is not manifested by unfavorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine from January 15, 2003. Therefore, a rating in excess of 40 percent for service-connected lumbosacral strain with psychophysiological musculoskeletal disorder has not been met.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including review of the March 2004 rating decision and retrieval of VA outpatient and inpatient treatment records from January 2013 to present.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected psychophysiological musculoskeletal disorder is not productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to such symptoms as: flattened affect; circumstantial, circumlocutory, or stereotyped speech; panic attacks more than once a week; difficulty in understanding complex commands; impairment of short- and long-term memory (e.g., retention of only highly learned material, forgetting to complete tasks); impaired judgment; impaired abstract thinking; disturbances of motivation and mood; difficulty in establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships. The Veteran's service-connected headaches are not productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Granted
The veteran's increased evaluations for his psychophysiological musculoskeletal disorder and deformity at D12 to L1 have been granted, with the current ratings of 60 percent and 20 percent respectively.
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