The Veteran's costochondritis has been granted service connection and rated at a 10 percent disability rating since the date of service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's costochondritis was found to have some limitation of motion due to pain, with objective findings including tenderness to palpation and laxity in the joint. The condition most nearly approximates a 10 percent rating for painful motion when the limitation of motion is not otherwise compensable.
- Claimed conditions
- costochondritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1005905
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran has costochondritis or muscle pain in the chest that is related to his service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities, while severe, do not render him unable to obtain or maintain a gainful occupation.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for costochondritis, bronchial asthma, loss of teeth, and Raynaud's disease due to a procedural defect in the Notice of Disagreement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands multiple issues related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions for further development and adjudication.
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