The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder with anxious distress, effective February 18, 2022, and granted a 20 percent rating for the lumbar spine disability from March 6, 2017 to June 4, 2018, and again from July 27, 2021 to May 5, 2022.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's cervical spine disability had its onset in service and granted service connection. The grant of a higher rating for the lumbar spine disability was based on the evidence showing forward flexion greater than 30 degrees but not greater than 60 degrees from March 6, 2017 to June 4, 2018, and again from July 27, 2021 to May 5, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperlipidemia, heart condition, sleep disorder, undiagnosed illness, fallen arches of the right and left foot, depressive disorder with anxious distress with alcohol use disorder (PTSD), cervical spine disability, gout, diabetes mellitus, fibromyalgia, hypertension, lumbar spine disability, left testicular epididymitis, limitation of extension of the left knee, limitation of flexion of the left knee, left knee instability, limitation of adduction, abduction, and rotation of the right hip, limitation of flexion of the right hip, right ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25028855
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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