The Board granted the restoration of a 40 percent rating for the Veteran's spine disability, effective July 13, 2021, and denied increased ratings for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not clearly demonstrate sustained improvement in function that would be maintained under ordinary life conditions, thus supporting the restoration of the previous rating but denying increased ratings for other claims.
- Claimed conditions
- healed compression fracture of the T12 and L1 vertebral bodies (spine disability), radiculopathy (femoral nerve), left lower extremity, radiculopathy (femoral nerve), right lower extremity, left foot numbness and tingling, also claimed as nerve issues, right foot numbness and tingling, also claimed as nerve issues, left hand numbness and tingling, also claimed as nerve issues, right hand numbness and tingling, also claimed as nerve issues, acquired psychiatric disorders, to include anxiety disorder and opioid use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25050776
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Decisions by this judge: 1,948 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's back disability, sciatic nerve radiculopathy, femoral nerve radiculopathy, and left knee instability while granting a 10% rating for sciatic nerve radiculopathy from January 24, 2019, to August 30, 2019, and a 20% rating for left knee disability with instability beginning on that date. The Board also granted an initial 100% rating for major depressive disorder (MDD) effective February 5, 2021.
- Partly granted
The veteran's appeal for earlier effective dates was dismissed. Some rating increases were granted, some denied, and others remanded.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased ratings were dismissed. The Board also granted a TDIU based on her service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
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