The Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma or stressor related disorder with trauma related features, and persistent depressive disorder was granted a 50 percent rating from May 30, 2014. The low back, cervical spine, bilateral hip, bilateral shoulder, hearing loss, and sinus conditions were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of the service-connected psychiatric disorder met the criteria for a 50 percent rating throughout the period on appeal due to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. The other claims were remanded as no VA examiner had opined on their etiology to service or any pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma or stressor related disorder with trauma related features, and persistent depressive disorder, low back condition, cervical spine condition, left hip condition, right hip condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, bilateral hearing loss, sinus condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22001866
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for a cervical spine condition and lumbar spine condition were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including right shoulder arthritis, left shoulder arthritis, right hip condition, left hip condition, low back disability, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, as there was no evidence of in-service injury or illness related to these conditions.
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