Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 10 percent disability rating for right knee scarring and a 50 percent disability rating for bilateral pes planus, effective April 19, 2022. The appeal for an earlier effective date for TDIU and SMC was denied, as was the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show sustained material improvement in the disabilities under the ordinary conditions of life and work, thus supporting restoration of previous ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee scarring, bilateral flat foot (pes planus), erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019484
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