Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 21, 2017, for the assignment of a 50 percent disability rating for service-connected PTSD and denied higher ratings for right quadriceps disability and left knee degenerative joint disease.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were decided based on the evidence available at the time of the rating decisions and the applicable legal criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Gunshot wound, right quadriceps with peripheral neuropathy right femoral nerve, Left knee degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085070
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