The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his psychiatric, left shoulder, and left shoulder scar disabilities as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity or worse for the psychiatric disability, limitation of motion of the minor extremity to 25 degrees or less from the side at any time during the appeal for the left shoulder disability, or painful or unstable scars or an area greater than 144 square inches for the left shoulder scars.
- Claimed conditions
- Persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress and pure dysthymic syndrome, Recurrent left shoulder dislocations with instability and small degenerative cyst in the humeral head, Left shoulder scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086399
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