The Board granted an initial 70 percent evaluation for the service-connected psychiatric disability and a TDIU, but denied other claims related to earlier effective dates and burial expenses.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's psychiatric disability symptoms met the criteria for a 70 percent rating, and his disabilities rendered him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- depression with anxiety and PTSD features, cervical degenerative disc disease and arthritis, radiculopathy of the radicular nerve group of the right upper extremity, radiculopathy of the radicular nerve group of the left upper extremity, degenerative disc disease and arthritis (lumbar disability), radiculopathy of the right femoral nerve, radiculopathy of the left femoral nerve, radiculopathy of the right sciatic nerve, radiculopathy of the left sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095251
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 931 · Granted: 42% (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
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.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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