The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder from May 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021; denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent thereafter. The Board also granted 20 percent ratings for femoral nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity, right lower extremity, left club foot with pes planus and plantar fasciitis, right club foot with pes planus and plantar fasciitis, sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity, and right lower extremity from May 1, 2019 to February 4, 2022; denied an increased rating in excess of 20 percent thereafter.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder from May 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021, but not an increased rating in excess of 70 percent thereafter. For the femoral nerve radiculopathy and sciatic nerve radiculopathy conditions, moderate incomplete paralysis was shown, warranting a 20 percent rating from May 1, 2019 to February 4, 2022, but not an increased rating in excess of 20 percent thereafter.

Claimed conditions

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder, Femoral nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity, Femoral nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity, Left club foot with pes planus and plantar fasciitis, Right club foot with pes planus and plantar fasciitis, Sciatic nerve radiculopathy, left lower extremity, Sciatic nerve radiculopathy, right lower extremity

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

March 28, 2025

Citation

A25028932