The Board granted increased ratings and service connection for various disabilities, including left shoulder tendinopathy, migraines, pain and dysfunction in multiple joints, and major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the severity of symptoms and functional impairment as supported by medical evidence and the Veteran's reports.
- Claimed conditions
- Left shoulder tendinopathy, Migraines including migraine variants, Pain and dysfunction bilateral hands, Pain and dysfunction left knee, Pain and dysfunction lumbar spine, Pain and dysfunction right knee, Major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25055818
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and an earlier effective date, as there was no evidence of additional functional impairment or symptoms beyond those already compensated by the noncompensable ratings.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board dismissed all issues related to PTSD, hypertension, migraines including migraine variants, and TDIU.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied other claims, including increased ratings for prostate cancer status post prostatectomy with urinary frequency and incontinence, hypertension, robotic prostatectomy with surgical scars, earlier effective dates for service connection, and remanded claims for service connection of migraines and GERD.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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