The Veteran's residuals of right pneumothorax with mild restrictive lung disease, currently rated at 0 percent disabling, is continued.,The criteria for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent rating for PTSD and traumatic brain injury prior to January 17, 2019, are not met.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support the proposition that the Veteran's service-connected right pneumothorax with mild restrictive lung disease presents such an exceptional or unusual disability picture as to render impractical the application of the regular schedular standards.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of right pneumothorax with mild restrictive lung disease, Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24020992
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