The Board granted a 10 percent evaluation for the Veteran's atypical chest pain/costochondritis, finding that her symptoms are analogous to a moderate disability of the Group XXI muscles.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's costochondritis causes fatigue-pain and functional impairment, which aligns with the criteria for a moderate muscle disability under DC 5321.
- Claimed conditions
- atypical chest pain/costochondritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25005825
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,164 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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