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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
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