Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for anxiety and a higher rating for PTSD, but remanded claims for diabetes mellitus, skin markings from toxic exposure, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, and lumbar spine disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's anxiety was found to be subsumed by his service-connected PTSD, and the evidence did not support total occupational and social impairment for PTSD. The remanded claims require further development of evidence regarding potential toxic exposures and etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), skin markings from toxic exposure (skin disorder), left knee disorder, right knee disorder, lumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102058
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