The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and an earlier effective date, as well as remanded her claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support that it was factually ascertainable that the Veteran's coccyx fracture first worsened within the one-year period prior to the February 2020 claim for increase, and thus an earlier effective date was denied. The disability picture more nearly approximated the schedular criteria for the maximum 10 percent rating already assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- fractured coccyx
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009203
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for a fractured coccyx is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for other specified trauma and stressor disorder with depressive disorder is granted, effective May 3, 2016. The rating assigned is 70 percent.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding service connection for a fractured coccyx, PTSD, and the timeliness of an appeal for bilateral hammertoes.
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