The Board granted service connection for rosacea and dismissed appeals for initial compensable ratings and increased disability ratings for various conditions due to untimely notice of disagreement.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to environmental hazards, as supported by his deployment to Southwest Asia and the PACT Act. The appeals for increased ratings were dismissed due to untimeliness of the notice of disagreement.
- Claimed conditions
- Essential tremor, bilateral hands, Residuals, status-post right inguinal hernia, Limitation of flexion, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, Limitation of flexion, left knee status-post meniscal tear repair, Rosacea, Swan neck deformity with limited range of motion and pain, left index finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25055773
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.
- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee instability, and separate 40 percent rating for right knee limitation of extension prior to July 27, 2019.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain and denied or remanded the other issues on appeal.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals on April 28, 2025.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for additional development, specifically to obtain retrospective opinions regarding the severity of the Veteran's right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome during flareups.
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