The Board granted a separate noncompensable disability rating for bulimia nervosa and denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with major depressive disorder, anxious distress, and trichotillomania.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bulimia nervosa did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 9521. The evidence showed binge eating followed by self-induced vomiting without incapacitating episodes, which warranted only a noncompensable rating. For PTSD, the symptoms and their effects did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment during the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Bulimia nervosa, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder, anxious distress, trichotillomania
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25030675
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (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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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected recurrent major depression and bulimia nervosa resulted in total occupational and social impairment from April 2, 2008 to December 22, 2009.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The case is now remanded for further development.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected bulimia nervosa with depression is currently rated at 10 percent, and her multiple scars are also rated at 10 percent. The decision grants the requested evaluations.
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