The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and restored the 10 percent disability rating for service-connected painful residuals of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, right clavicular area, and right thigh skin graft scar. Other claims were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms cause occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, supporting a 70 percent rating. The reduction of the rating for service-connected scars was not proper as there was no evidence of sustained improvement.
- Claimed conditions
- painful residuals of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, right clavicular area, right thigh skin graft scar (service-connected right clavicle and right thigh scars), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), scars of the neck as secondary to skin cancer, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral cataracts, growth on the back of the head, growth on left thigh, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027558
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Decisions by this judge: 2,977 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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