The Board granted an effective date of July 18, 2018, for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability and a 30 percent rating for GERD, while denying service connection for right carpal tunnel syndrome, remanding claims for service connection for right and left ankle disorders and obstructive sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7346 based on their frequency and persistence, while there was no evidence of a current disability to support service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome or other neurological disorders in the right upper extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability, Right carpal tunnel syndrome, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Right ankle disorder, Left ankle disorder, Obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25054006
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
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- Denied
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