The Board granted a 100 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and restored ratings for right knee instability and limitation of extension, while denying compensable ratings for right knee scarring, inguinal hernia, and inguinal hernia scarring. The Veteran was also awarded special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a 100 percent rating for psychiatric disability due to symptoms consistent with total occupational and social impairment. For the right knee, reductions were voided as they relied on inadequate examinations. No basis existed for compensable ratings for scarring or hernia conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder with panic disorder, Right knee disability (instability and limitation of extension), Right knee scarring, Inguinal hernia, Inguinal hernia scarring, Latent tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24062343
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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