The Board granted a 10 percent rating for eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) but dismissed the issues of service connection for depression, anxiety condition, social anxiety, RLS, and CFS as moot due to prior grant of benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's ETD was rated based on occasional dizziness, which met the criteria for a 10 percent rating under DC 6204. The other service connection claims were dismissed as they had been granted in a previous decision and were no longer in dispute.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety condition, social anxiety, restless leg syndrome (RLS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25046834
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and denied higher ratings for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and lumbosacral strain. However, the Board granted initial 20 percent ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy, femoral nerve, and sciatic nerve.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including back pain, knee and wrist joint pains, neck pain, anxiety, depression, as further development is needed to properly adjudicate these claims.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for allergic rhinitis and lumbosacral or cervical strain was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the other issues were remanded for further evidence.
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