The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for a psychiatric disability but denied service connection for cardiac arrhythmia, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, dermatosis, and sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school family relations, judgment, thinking or mood. The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmia, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, dermatosis, or sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiac arrhythmia, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Dermatosis, Fibromyalgia, Psychiatric disability, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100260
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (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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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's psychiatric disability is currently rated at 30 percent, which is the lowest possible rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders. The Board found that his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating as they were intermittent and did not significantly impair his occupational or social functioning.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise the May 2013 rating decision that denied a TDIU, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
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