The Board granted entitlement to loss of use of the right lower extremity and special monthly compensation, as well as service connection for an eating disorder resulting in obesity.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's eating disorder was caused by the combined effects of his service-connected major depressive disorder with anxious distress, and the restrictions on his movement caused by and use of pain medications to treat his service-connected physical disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of the right lower extremity, eating disorder resulting in obesity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025290
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Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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