The Board denied an increased rating for persistent depression and remanded the claim for service connection of right calcaneal fracture and right 5th metatarsal fracture as secondary to the service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, but further development is needed regarding the secondary service connection issue.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depression, right calcaneal fracture, right 5th metatarsal fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090956
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,113 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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