The Veteran's initial compensable rating for a right inferior pubic ramus stress fracture was denied. An initial rating of 50 percent, but not greater, for an adjustment disorder with depression was granted, subject to the laws and regulations governing the payment of monetary benefits. The appeals for bilateral hearing loss and residual scar from a right inguinal hernia surgery were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's adjustment disorder with depression manifested by occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity due to symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired short-term memory, impaired judgment, disturbances of motivation and mood, and difficulty establishing effective work and social relationships. The right inferior pubic ramus stress fracture did not limit range of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Right inferior pubic ramus stress fracture, Adjustment disorder with depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19135038
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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