Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right and left knees, headaches as proximately due to PTSD, and erectile dysfunction as proximately due to PTSD. The claims for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for PTSD and a 70 percent rating for PTSD were denied, as was the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability. Several other claims were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support an earlier effective date or a higher rating for PTSD, nor did it establish service connection for hypertension. However, there was sufficient evidence to grant service connection for degenerative arthritis of the knees and conditions proximately due to PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, degenerative arthritis of the right knee, degenerative arthritis of the left knee, headaches (proximately due to PTSD), erectile dysfunction (proximately due to PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25017035
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