The Board denied increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, including trauma- and stressor-related disorder, diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, knee disabilities, and scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings due to their severity, frequency, and duration not causing significant occupational or social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, Diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, Right knee instability, Left knee sprain with instability, Right knee degenerative arthritis, Left knee degenerative arthritis, Right upper extremity scars with prurigo nodularis, Left upper extremity scars with prurigo nodularis, Anterior trunk scars with prurigo nodularis, Posterior trunk scars with prurigo nodularis, Right lower extremity scars with prurigo nodularis, Left lower extremity scars with prurigo nodularis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055580
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 734 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine, right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, right ankle degenerative arthritis, and left ankle degenerative arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee and right knee degenerative arthritis, as well as his claim for a higher rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder. The appeal is not about service connection at all.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for right knee degenerative arthritis based on limitation of motion was denied. A separate 20 percent rating for a right knee meniscus tear is granted. The claims for service connection for left hip condition and right foot gout are dismissed.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability, including limitation of extension and flexion, instability, and meniscus condition, is now rated at 20 percent effective March 7, 2020.
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