The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial ratings, except for a granted 70 percent rating for psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The accurate effective date would be February 24, 2020, which is the later of the date of the Veteran's intent to file and the date entitlement arose. Therefore, earlier effective dates are not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with right foot hallux valgus, right MTP joint arthritis, right calcaneal spur, and bilateral foot strain (bilateral foot disability), limitation of flexion, right hip, limitation of extension, right hip, right hip strain with thigh impairment, limitation of flexion, left hip bursitis, limitation of extension, left hip bursitis, left hip bursitis with thigh impairment, major depressive disorder, recurrent, mild with anxious distress and panic attacks (psychiatric disability), erectile dysfunction (ED)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087701
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for asthma, hypertension with residuals including stroke, DM II, bilateral amputation of all toes, and diabetic neuropathy to obtain VA medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.,The Board also remanded the claim for ED as it is inextricably intertwined with the DM II claim.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of May 14, 2021 for service connection of residuals of prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed as the November 17, 2025, request for an extension of time to file an appeal from a rating decision issued on May 31, 2024, that denied service connection for DMII, ED, fibromyalgia, IBS, and PTSD was not timely filed.
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