Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating higher than 70 percent for PTSD and remanded several service connection claims, including dyspnea, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, low back disability, and right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms did not more nearly approximate total social and occupational impairment. The evidence does not support a finding of total social or occupational impairment for any of the remanded service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Dyspnea, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Low Back Disability, Right Lower Extremity Radiculopathy of the Sciatic Nerve, Secondary to Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106128
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