The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected unspecified trauma disorder and remanded claims for service connection for hypertension and a left knee disability.

The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate the symptoms contemplated by a 70 percent rating, which are less severe, less frequent, and shorter in duration than those contemplated by a 100 percent rating.

Claimed conditions

unspecified trauma disorder, hypertension, left knee disability

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 1, 2025

Citation

A25084432

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