The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for Ehlers-Danlos disease, right and left knee disabilities, residuals of a left femur fracture, residuals of a right inferior pubic ramus fracture, and psychiatric disability based on new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was found to be present in the form of personal observations from an individual who knew the veteran since before service, indicating continuity of lower extremity symptoms similar to those noted during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Ehlers-Danlos disease, Right knee disability, Left knee disability, Residuals of a left femur fracture, Residuals of a right inferior pubic ramus fracture, Psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0812851
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Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of his psychiatric disability was the initial decision, and thus attorney fees are not eligible based on past due benefits awarded in April 2025.
- Denied
The Veteran's psychiatric disability is currently rated at 30 percent, which is the lowest possible rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders. The Board found that his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating as they were intermittent and did not significantly impair his occupational or social functioning.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise the May 2013 rating decision that denied a TDIU, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability has been rated at 100 percent, and he is already receiving special monthly compensation (SMC) under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s). Therefore, there remains no issue for the Board to resolve regarding entitlement to Total Disability due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
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