The Board has granted service connection for adrenal insufficiency as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The reduction from a 60 percent rating to a 30 percent rating for gunshot wound to the right leg resulting in total knee arthroplasty was found to be improper and the original 60 percent rating is restored.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the AOJ failed to consider whether there was actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work, which is a requirement for proper reduction of disability ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- adrenal insufficiency, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18136855
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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.
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