Partly granted
The Board dismissed claims for higher ratings for right knee, L5 vertebra, and plantar fasciitis due to pending readjudication. It denied higher ratings for left upper extremity neuropathy and PTSD with alcohol use disorder but remanded the eczema claim and total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the claims for right knee, L5 vertebra, and plantar fasciitis were not ripe for appeal due to pending readjudication after identification of duty to assist errors.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with degenerative arthritis and Osgood-Schlatter's disease, transitional L5 vertebra with right sclerotic pseudoarticulation, bilateral feet plantar fasciitis, left upper extremity neuropathy, posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder, eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006579
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