Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for chronic cough and denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for PTSD, while remanding the issue of service connection for left foot traumatic arthrodesis calcaneus cuboidal joint.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate chronic laryngitis with inflammation of cords rather than chronic bronchitis, and his PTSD symptomatology results in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, consistent with the currently assigned 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic cough, PTSD, left foot condition (traumatic arthrodesis calcaneus cuboidal joint)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018695
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