The appeal for service connection for left foot tendonitis is dismissed.,A separate disability rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression and generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks due to military sexual trauma, to include bruxism, separate and apart from the rating for a traumatic brain injury, is denied.,An initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression and generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks due to military sexual trauma, to include bruxism and traumatic brain injury, is denied.,An initial disability rating of 30 percent, and no higher, for service-connected Meniere's syndrome is granted. The appeal for a separate rating for service-connected Meniere's syndrome is moot and dismissed.,The appeal for effective dates prior to December 13, 2021, for the award of service connection for left hip osteoarthritis, left hip limitation of abduction and rotation, left hip limitation of extension, right hip osteoarthritis, right hip limitation of abduction and rotation, and right hip limitation of extension is dismissed.,The appeal for a separate disability rating for bilateral pes planus and bilateral plantar fasciitis is remanded. The appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected bilateral pes planus to include plantar fasciitis is remanded.,The appeal for service connection for right ankle ankylosis, left ankle ankylosis, and service connection for iron deficiency (anemia) are remanded. The motion for revision, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, of the April 24, 1995, Rating Decision, which denied service connection for a left leg disability is also remanded.,The appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected left knee disability and right knee disability are remanded.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection for left foot tendonitis was not adjudicated to completion and remained pending at the time she filed her VA Form 10182 Decision Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice of Disagreement).,The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's mental symptoms did not more closely approximate disability manifested by occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood; nor did her symptoms more closely approximate the criteria associated with a higher disability rating for a traumatic brain injury.,The evidence does not establish that the Veteran had right foot tendonitis during the claim period.,The Veteran filed a Notice of Intent to file a claim on December 13, 2021, and then filed an application for service connection for a left hip disability on March 22, 2022. The same dates were used for filing applications for right hip disability and left knee disability.,The Veteran's Meniere's syndrome manifested as dizziness with occasional staggering.,The evidence does not establish that the Veteran had right foot tendonitis during the claim period.,The VA Regional Office failed to adjudicate a motion for revision, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, of the April 24, 1995, Rating Decision, which denied service connection for a left leg disability.

Claimed conditions

left foot tendonitis, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression and generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks due to military sexual trauma, Meniere's syndrome, right foot tendonitis, left hip osteoarthritis, left hip limitation of abduction and rotation, left hip limitation of extension, right hip osteoarthritis, right hip limitation of abduction and rotation, right hip limitation of extension, left knee disability

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

April 15, 2026

Citation

A26035286

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