Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of the 20% disability rating for lumbosacral strain and the 10% disability rating for right knee instability, while denying higher ratings for other conditions.
The deciding factor: Improvement in the Veteran's service-connected disabilities was not demonstrated, thus the reductions were improper.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, right knee instability, right hip bursitis (limitation of extension), right hip limitation of flexion, right hip impairment, migraine headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or generalized psychogenic fatigue, traumatic brain injury (TBI), diabetes mellitus, type II, acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD and anxiety disorder, sleep disturbances (insomnia), chronic pain syndrome, urinary tract disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103979
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