The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to her service-connected disabilities, which include posttraumatic stress disorder and various musculoskeletal conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent her from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, as evidenced by her inability to perform physical or sedentary work due to pain and other symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Right Shoulder Strain, Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis, Tinnitus, Unspecified Chronic Constipation Disorder, Radiculopathy Right Lower Extremity, Secondary to Degenerative Disc Disease, Radiculopathy Left Lower Extremity, Secondary to Degenerative Disc Disease, Status Post Bronchitis (Rated Noncompensable from June 28, 2022), Degenerative Disc Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25040206
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Decisions by this judge: 964 · Granted: 37% (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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