The outcome of each legal case depends upon many factors, including the specific facts of the case, and no attorney can guarantee a positive outcome. Here’s some cases where our clients were extremely happy with the results we helped them achieve.
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Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in OH
Granted service connection for the cause of death, along with Dependents' Educational Assistance for the surviving spouse.
The Board of Veterans’ Appeals granted service connection for the cause of death of a Navy Veteran, determining that the Veteran’s death from inanition, metastatic disease, and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, with contributory conditions of COPD and a right femoral fracture, was directly related to military service. The surviving spouse was also granted eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
USAF Veteran
in ND
Granted 70% rating for PTSD, individual unemployability, Dependents' Educational Assistance, service connection for renal cell carcinoma (30%), and abdomen scar (0%).
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Germany
Granted earlier PTSD effective date, increased ratings for back and radiculopathy, individual unemployability, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
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USMC Veteran
in FL
Granted 100% rating for Hepatitis B with cirrhosis and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The USMC Veteran was granted service connection for Hepatitis B with hepatic cirrhosis at a 100% evaluation effective April 3, 2015, along with Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility from the same date, rendering individual unemployability moot.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in MO
Granted attorney fees from past-due benefits awarded in the April 2020 decision.
The Navy Veteran was awarded past-due benefits in the April 2020 rating decision, and the appellant is eligible for direct payment of attorney fees.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in VA
Granted service connection for hypertension and coronary artery disease, with GERD claim remanded for further review.
The Navy Veteran was granted service connection for hypertension and coronary artery disease, both potentially related to environmental toxin exposure or secondary to service-connected disabilities. The claim for service connection for GERD was remanded for further review.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in LA
Granted service connection for sinusitis (50%) and allergic rhinitis (10%), with Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Navy Veteran was granted service connection for sinusitis (50%) and allergic rhinitis (10%), both effective March 30, 2018, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in GA
Granted service connection for Parkinson's disease and related conditions, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility, with individual unemployability deferred.
The USMC Veteran was granted service connection for Parkinson’s disease and multiple secondary conditions, including tremors and muscle rigidity in all extremities, urinary problems, balance impairment, and erectile dysfunction, with varying ratings from 2011 to 2023. Special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ was awarded from December 18, 2019, and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility was established from September 22, 2023. A proposal for incompetency was made, and entitlement to individual unemployability was deferred.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in GA
Granted earlier effective dates for spinal stenosis and radiculopathy, service connection for foot, migraine, sleep apnea, and knee conditions, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted earlier effective dates of October 13, 2017, for service connection for spinal stenosis and bilateral lower radiculopathy. Service connection was also granted for a bilateral foot condition (50%), migraine headaches (50%), sleep apnea (30%), and bilateral knee osteoarthritis (10% each), with Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in LA
Granted individual unemployability and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The USMC Veteran was granted individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, both effective September 5, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in NM
Granted individual unemployability and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, both effective March 29, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in MD
Granted a 50% rating for migraines, a 20% rating for cervical strain, and total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The Army Veteran was granted a 50% rating for migraine headaches and a 20% rating for cervical strain prior to October 16, 2020, with higher ratings denied after that date. Additionally, entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was granted.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in PA
Corrected the effective date for major depressive disorder to April 26, 2024, and continued the 20% rating for urethral stricture.
The USMC Veteran’s effective date for major depressive disorder, including alcohol use disorder, was corrected to April 26, 2024, due to a clear and unmistakable error. The 20% evaluation for urethral stricture was continued, while service connection for bilateral restless leg syndrome, GERD, irritable bowel syndrome, and vertigo was denied.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in TX
Granted increased ratings for a right knee condition, service connection for left and right hip osteoarthritis, and a left hip surgical scar.
The Army Veteran was granted increased ratings for a right knee condition, including osteoarthritis and post-surgical impairments, with evaluations raised to 20% effective February 7, 2021, and 30% effective June 7, 2024. Service connection was also granted for left hip osteoarthritis with evaluations ranging from 10% to 100% during different periods starting January 11, 2017, as well as right hip osteoarthritis with a 10% evaluation effective January 11, 2017, and additional evaluations for hip impairments and a left hip surgical scar at 0%.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in KS
Granted service connection for sleep apnea (50%) and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with a 50% evaluation and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, both effective August 2, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in PA
Granted individual unemployability and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, both effective November 28, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in TN
Granted a 100% rating for coronary artery disease and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Navy Veteran was granted a 100% evaluation for coronary artery disease and related conditions effective February 6, 2020, with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from May 28, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in OK
Granted service connection for bilateral foot conditions, including Achilles tendonitis, hallux valgus, and plantar fasciitis, with Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for left foot Achilles tendonitis with degenerative arthritis and a fracture (10%), left foot hallux valgus with rigidus (10%), right foot Achilles tendonitis (10%), right foot hallux valgus with rigidus (10%), and bilateral plantar fasciitis with metatarsalgia (10% effective February 7, 2021), along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from February 7, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in NE
Granted a 100% rating for Meniere's syndrome with hearing loss and tinnitus, special monthly compensation for housebound status, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted a 100% evaluation for Meniere’s syndrome with bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus effective August 24, 2011, along with earlier effective dates for special monthly compensation for housebound status and Dependents’ Educational Assistance, both starting from August 24, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in IA
Granted a 100% rating for coronary artery disease, special monthly compensation for housebound status, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran’s evaluation for coronary artery disease status-post myocardial infarction was increased to 100% effective December 16, 2013, with special monthly compensation for housebound status and an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility also granted from that date.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in FL
Granted service connection for knee strains (10% each), ankle sprains (10% each), plantar fasciitis (30%), and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The USMC Veteran was granted service connection for right and left knee strains with degenerative arthritis (10% each), right and left ankle ligament sprains (10% each), and bilateral plantar fasciitis (30%), all effective January 6, 2018, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in OK
Granted individual unemployability, special monthly compensation for housebound status, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted entitlement to individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility effective August 16, 2012, along with special monthly compensation for housebound status starting July 10, 2020.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in IN
Granted service connection for left shoulder labral tear (20%), individual unemployability, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The USMC Veteran was granted service connection for a left shoulder labral tear with tendinitis at 20% and entitlement to individual unemployability, with Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, all effective April 29, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in LA
Granted service connection for PTSD (50%), sleep apnea (50%), pes planus and plantar fasciitis (50%), hypertension (10%), and tinnitus (10%).
The USMC Veteran was granted service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder (50% effective July 10, 2014), obstructive sleep apnea secondary to rhinosinusitis (50% effective November 16, 2015), pes planus and plantar fasciitis (50% effective June 11, 2013), hypertension (10% effective January 4, 2001), and tinnitus (10% effective June 11, 2013).
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in SC
Granted service connection for Lyme Disease (100%) and PTSD (30%), with Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for Lyme Disease with a 100% evaluation and for PTSD with a 30% evaluation, both effective December 28, 2017, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in MI
Granted service connection for spine conditions, peripheral neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, and a back scar, with special monthly compensation and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The USMC Veteran was granted service connection for various spine conditions, including lumbosacral strain and spinal disorders, with a 60% rating (reduced to 40% from September 9, 2019), as well as peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities with ratings from 20% to 40%, all effective September 11, 2015. Additionally, service connection was granted for erectile dysfunction and a back scar, both rated at 0%, with special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ from September 11, 2015, and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility established from November 26, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in SC
Granted ratings for spine conditions, peripheral neuropathy, and additional conditions, along with special monthly compensation and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
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Army Veteran
in NE
Granted ratings for hip flexor strains, ankle tendonitis, radiculopathy in all extremities, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for various conditions, including left and right hip flexor strains, left and right ankle tendonitis, upper extremity radiculopathy (20% each), and lower extremity radiculopathy (10% each) with effective dates ranging from August 24, 2017, to August 7, 2024. Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established from October 29, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in NC
Granted a 100% rating for metastatic T-cell lymphoma and special monthly compensation for housebound status starting October 1, 2010.
The Army Veteran was granted a 100% disability rating for metastatic T-cell lymphoma with enlarged lymph nodes from October 1, 2010, to November 22, 2021, along with special monthly compensation for housebound status starting October 1, 2010.
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Navy Veteran
in NE
Granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder with varying ratings, special monthly compensation for housebound status during specific periods, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility starting in 2014.
A Navy Veteran was granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder with a 100% evaluation effective November 26, 2014, reduced to 30% from January 27, 2021, increased again to 100% on June 21, 2021, and reduced to 30% on October 30, 2023. Special monthly compensation for housebound status was awarded from August 17, 2015, to February 1, 2021, and again from June 21, 2021, to November 1, 2023, with Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility established from November 26, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
USAF Veteran
in OR
Granted increased ratings for lumbosacral strain, radiculopathy in all extremities, asthma, and cervical strain, with Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility from August 9, 2024.
The USAF Veteran’s evaluation for lumbosacral strain was increased to 20% effective August 9, 2024, with service connection granted for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic and femoral nerves) at 40% and 30% each, respectively, as well as service connection for asthma (30%), left and right upper extremity cervical radiculopathy (30% each), cervical strain (20%), and several other conditions, all with varying effective dates. Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established from August 9, 2024.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in NC
Granted DIC benefits included adjustments for cost-of-living increases and changes as minor children turned 18.
Surviving Spouse’s claim for service-connected death benefits, or Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits, was granted starting on October 1, 2016. Adjustments were made over the years for cost-of-living increases and changes in the minor child rate, including adjustments when child 1 turned 18 in 2018, and when child 2 turned 18 in 2020. Subsequent annual cost-of-living adjustments continued through December 1, 2023.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in VA
Granted a 100% rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder with a 100% rating effective March 30, 2016, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
USCG Veteran
in TX
Granted a 100% rating for obsessive-compulsive disorder, a 10% rating for bulimia, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in NC
Granted a 100% rating for schizoaffective disorder with PTSD.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder with PTSD with a 100% evaluation effective October 17, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in NE
Granted a 70% rating for major depressive disorder with PTSD and individual unemployability.
The Army Veteran’s evaluation for major depressive disorder with PTSD was increased to 70% effective March 19, 2010, and entitlement to individual unemployability was also granted from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in LA
Granted ratings for PTSD, lumbosacral strain, radiculopathy, individual unemployability, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Louisiana Veteran was granted service connection for PTSD with depressive disorders at 70%, lumbosacral strain with spinal stenosis at 20%, and radiculopathy in both lower extremities, each rated at 20%, all effective July 1, 2016. Additionally, the Veteran was granted individual unemployability and special monthly compensation from February 21, 2020, along with Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility from July 1, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in TX
Granted a 100% rating for major depressive disorder, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Army Veteran’s evaluation for major depressive disorder was increased to 100% effective December 4, 2016, with service connection for erectile dysfunction granted at 0%, special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in WA
Granted 50% ratings for migraines, tension headaches, and sleep apnea, along with Dependents' Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in IL
Granted service connection for both knees due to clear and unmistakable error, and duty to assist errors were found in the reviews for back and hip conditions.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection with 10% evaluations for left and right knee degenerative arthritis with chondromalacia, effective September 14, 1982, due to clear and unmistakable error, and duty to assist errors were identified during higher-level reviews for the Veteran’s back and hip conditions.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in FL
Granted service connection for multiple conditions, including hearing loss, neurocognitive disorder, polyneuropathy, and special monthly compensation.
The Navy Veteran was granted service connection for multiple conditions, including multiple system atrophy (30%), hearing loss (60%), neurocognitive and depressive disorders (50%), polyneuropathy and balance disorder (30%), cervical spondylosis (10%), rib fractures (10%), and loss of smell (10%), along with special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ, all effective March 20, 2017, except for loss of smell, effective May 22, 2024.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in NE
Granted a 50% rating for sleep apnea and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Nebraska Navy Veteran was granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with a 50% evaluation effective October 23, 2015, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from May 9, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in MS
Granted a 100% rating for heart disease, special monthly compensation for housebound status, and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Mississippi Navy Veteran was granted service connection for mitral valve prolapse and congestive heart failure with a 30% rating effective October 16, 2019, increased to 100% from April 21, 2021, along with service connection for scars, special monthly compensation for housebound status from December 6, 2023, and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility from April 21, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in TX
Granted a 100% rating for a cerebral aneurysm and special monthly compensation for housebound status.
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USMC Veteran
in KY
Granted an earlier effective date for Parkinson's-related conditions affecting all four extremities.
A USMC Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of March 14, 2017, for service connection related to Parkinson’s disease, which includes bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, stiffness, tremors, and balance impairment in both the right and left upper extremities as well as both the right and left lower extremities.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in NE
Granted 100% rating, individual unemployability, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Navy Veteran’s evaluation for major depressive disorder with TBI was increased to 100% effective September 14, 2017, with entitlement to individual unemployability granted from January 25, 2024, along with Dependents’ Educational Assistance and special monthly compensation for housebound status.
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Navy Veteran
in LA
Granted service connection for multiple conditions, along with special monthly compensation and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Navy Veteran was granted service connection for multiple conditions, including left and right shoulder rotator cuff injuries, left and right hip replacements, hypertension, and stroke, with varying disability ratings. The Veteran was also awarded special monthly compensation from May 11, 2022, to July 1, 2023, and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility from November 8, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in NC
Granted individual unemployability, Dependents' Educational Assistance, and increased ratings for chronic brain syndrome and lumbar radiculopathy.
The USMC Veteran was granted individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance effective August 14, 2017, along with increased ratings for chronic brain syndrome to 70% and 20% evaluations for lumbar radiculopathy in both sciatic and femoral nerves, effective February 27, 2024.
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USMC Reserves Veteran
in NY
Granted two 100% ratings and special monthly compensation for housebound status.
USMC Reserves Veteran was granted service connection with 100% evaluations for malignant intestinal neoplasm of the colon effective August 10, 2022, and hypereosinophilic leukemia syndrome effective October 21, 2020, along with special monthly compensation for housebound status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in FL
Granted ratings for multiple service-connected disabilities, individual unemployability, and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Army Veteran was granted a 10% evaluation for hypertension, 20% for right knee instability, 40% for right wrist fusion, and individual unemployability effective September 6, 2016, along with a 10% rating for right knee painful extension and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
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Army Veteran
in GA
Granted a 100% rating, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for respiratory conditions with a 60% rating effective May 21, 2013, increased to 100% from July 27, 2021, along with special monthly compensation for aid and attendance and Dependents’ Educational Assistance, both effective July 27, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Reserves Veteran
in ID
Granted individual unemployability and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Army Reserves Veteran was granted individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, both effective June 16, 2008.
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Navy Veteran
in IA
Granted earlier effective date with 100% rating and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Navy Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of May 21, 2018, for service connection with a 100% rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
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USMC Veteran
in ME
Granted service connection with a 100% rating.
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Navy Veteran
in MD
Granted two 30% ratings and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Maryland Navy Veteran was granted service connection for left knee osteoarthritis and right foot pes planus, each with a 30% evaluation, and an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, all effective July 25, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army and Navy Veteran
in LA
Granted a 100% rating, Dependents' Educational Assistance, and special monthly compensation.
The Louisiana Army and Navy Veteran was granted a 100% evaluation for major depressive disorder effective April 11, 2017, along with Dependents’ Educational Assistance and special monthly compensation for housebound status from July 19, 2023.
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Army Veteran
in AR
Granted individual unemployability and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Arkansas Army Veteran was granted entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, both effective November 20, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in FL
Granted Dependents' Educational Assistance and a 100% evaluation for a service-connected condition.
The Florida Army Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of May 3, 2017, for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, and a 100% evaluation for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and cannabis use disorder was assigned and continued.
Back Pay Recovered for
USMC Veteran
in TX
Granted service connection for multiple conditions with various disability ratings and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The USMC Veteran was granted service connection for traumatic brain injury (40%), right elbow triceps tendonitis (30% for flexion and 30% for supination/pronation), cervical strain (10%, increasing to 20% in 2024), upper extremity radiculopathy (20% for each arm), left ankle sprain (20%), left hip strain (20%), right ankle sprain (10%), right wrist sprain (10%), and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, all effective from April 17, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in VA
Granted a 100% rating and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The Army Veteran was granted service connection for major depressive disorder with a 100% rating effective October 9, 2017, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in TX
Service Connection for Multiple Disabilities
The Navy Veteran was granted service connection for multiple conditions, including fibromyalgia, status post laminectomy with associated sciatic and femoral nerve radiculopathy, tinnitus, and a right hand fracture, with various disability ratings effective from 1994 to 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in OH
Service Connection for Cause of Death
The Army Veteran’s service connection for the cause of death is granted, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in FL
Combined rating of 80%
The Marine Corps Veteran was granted service connection for bipolar disorder with a 70% rating effective September 17, 2015, resulting in a combined rating of 80%.
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Army Veteran
in IN
An Army Veteran's major depressive disorder rating was raised to 100%, with Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility granted.
The Army Veteran’s evaluation for major depressive disorder with anxious distress was increased to 100% effective March 31, 2016, with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in OR
Army Veteran was granted an earlier effective date for PTSD and Dependents' Educational Assistance
The Army Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of February 24, 2020, for both service connection for PTSD and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
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Army Reserves Veteran
in CO
Army Reserve Veteran received service connection for knee, hip, and elbow strains, with continued plantar fasciitis evaluation and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility.
The Army Reserve Veteran was granted service connection with ratings for knee, hip, and elbow strains effective May 1, 2017, and June 14, 2024, along with continued plantar fasciitis evaluation and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility from May 1, 2017.
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Air Force Veteran
in KS
The Air Force Veteran was granted an earlier PTSD effective date and special monthly compensation for housebound status.
The Air Force Veteran was granted an earlier effective date for PTSD with alcohol use from September 25, 2001, and special monthly compensation for housebound status from May 26, 2005, to June 30, 2018.
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Navy Veteran
in MS
Navy Veteran received increased ratings for PTSD, migraines, and GERD, along with service connection for left knee conditions.
The Navy Veteran was granted increased ratings for PTSD, migraines, and GERD, service connection for left knee conditions, and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, effective from various dates in 2016 and 2017.
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Army Veteran
in CT
Army Veteran was awarded a 70% PTSD rating, a 40% spine disability rating, and TDIU.
The Army Veteran was granted a 70% disability rating for PTSD, a separate 10% rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy, a 40% rating for thoracolumbar spine disability from March 21, 2024, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability effective June 14, 2017.
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Marine Corps Veteran
in WA
Marine Corps Veteran was awarded a 100% evaluation
The Marine Corps Veteran was awarded a 100% evaluation for PTSD, increased disability ratings for lumbar radiculopathy and lumbosacral strain, individual unemployability, Dependents’ Educational Assistance, and special monthly compensation for housebound status, with various effective dates.
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Army Veteran
in ID
Army Veteran was awarded individual unemployability, Dependents' Educational Assistance, and a restored 30% disability rating
The Army Veteran was granted individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance effective March 19, 2016, along with a restored 30% disability rating for degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine effective October 20, 2016.
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Army Veteran
in VA
The Army Veteran received a 70% disability rating for adjustment disorder and a 10% rating for cervical spondylosis.
The Army Veteran was granted a 70% disability rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression effective September 13, 2011, and a 10% rating for degenerative spondylosis of the cervical spine effective August 13, 2023.
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Navy Veteran
in HI
Veteran secured a 100% disability rating and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility
An active duty Navy Veteran was granted a 100% evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder with related mental health and substance abuse disorders effective April 12, 2021, establishing basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from that date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Reserves Veteran
in NC
Earlier Effective Date Entitlement for Service Connection
A Marine Corps Reserve Veteran was entitled to an earlier effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with moderate Recurrent major depressive episodes and was granted effective November 15, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in FL
An Army Veteran’s evaluation for post-traumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder was increased to 100 percent effective February 28, 2024, service connection was granted for urinary dysfunction at 40 percent and chronic kidney disease at 30 percent effective the same date, entitlement to individual unemployability was granted effective October 11, 2013, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria was granted from February 28, 2024, an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was set to October 11, 2013, and the claimant is considered competent.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in TX
Multiple Service Connections
Evaluation of coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft increased to 100% effective November 1, 2016; service connection granted for peripheral artery disease, scars (mid chest, right groin, right popliteal, right calf, right lower quadrant), inguinal hernia repair, and erectile dysfunction with evaluations of 0% effective November 1, 2016; evaluation of hypertension increased to 10% effective August 10, 2022; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ granted from November 1, 2016; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from November 1, 2016.
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Army National Guard Veteran
in TX
Post-traumatic stress disorder, right knee meniscal tear with degenerative arthritis and total knee arthroplasty, left shoulder tendinopathy, left ankle tendinopathy, exercise-induced asthma.
An Army National Guard Veteran was granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder with a 100 percent evaluation, right knee meniscal tear with degenerative arthritis and total knee arthroplasty at 30 percent, left shoulder tendinopathy at 20 percent, left ankle tendinopathy at 10 percent, and exercise-induced asthma at 10 percent, all effective April 12, 2021, along with entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in CA
Somatic symptom disorder with anxiety disorder, radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, entitlement to individual unemployability, and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance.
An Army Veteran’s evaluation for somatic symptom disorder with anxiety disorder was increased to 50 percent effective January 30, 2014, radiculopathy in the right lower extremity was increased to 20 percent effective February 20, 2024, entitlement to individual unemployability was granted effective May 21, 2014, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established from May 21, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army National Guard and Navy Active Duty and Reserves Veteran
in KY
100% combined permanent and total disability and service connection for adjustment disorder
Service connection for adjustment disorder with depressed mood, previously denied as post-traumatic stress disorder with depression and nightmares, is granted with a 100% evaluation effective March 10, 2020. Basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from March 10, 2020, with a combined rating evaluation of 100%.
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Marine Corps Veteran
in TN
30% Disability for Right Knee
Service connection for right knee instability is granted with a 30% evaluation effective July 1, 2003.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in TX
20% Service Connection for Type 2 Diabetes
Service connection for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 is granted to the Army Veteran with an evaluation of 20% effective April 26, 2016.
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Army
in AZ
TDIU from PTSD
Entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Army Veteran’s PTSD is granted effective August 20, 2019.
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Marine Corps
in MO
Major Depressive Disorder, Left Knee Osteoarthritis, Right Knee Strain
Effective September 25, 2018, the Marine Corps Veteran was granted service connection for major depressive disorder, severe with anxious distress and alcohol use disorder, moderate, in sustained remission (including claims for anxiety condition, bipolar disorder, and sleep disturbances) at 70%; left knee osteoarthritis at 10%; and right knee strain at 10%.
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Army
in MN
70% Disability
Service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with anxiety and depression was granted with a 70 percent evaluation effective February 5, 2018.
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Marine Corps
in MS
Individual Unemployability
Entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status are both granted effective September 29, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in KS
TDIU
Effective October 3, 2014, entitlement to an extraschedular total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance due to permanent and total disability status is established.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Effective October 24, 2014, an entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder was granted, continuing the 70 percent disability evaluation, and a finding of incompetency is proposed.
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Navy
in NH
Effective September 28, 2020, service connections were granted with varying evaluations for multiple musculoskeletal impairments, insomnia disorder with anxiety, and bilateral plantar fasciitis, alongside basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status; however, claims for PTSD, bilateral shin splints, headaches, and peripheral neuropathy were denied, with a decision on a neck condition deferred.
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Army
in CO
Effective August 31, 2010, entitlement to individual unemployability was granted, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established based on permanent and total disability status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IL
Effective September 28, 2018, service connections were granted for conditions related to the left knee and thumb with evaluations of 10 percent and 0 percent respectively, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and a revised effective date of November 10, 2021, for eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in VA
Effective February 3, 2014, service connections for obstructive sleep apnea and bruxism were granted, with evaluations of 50 percent and 30 percent respectively, alongside other connections including tension headaches, erectile dysfunction, and ulcerative colitis, leading up to eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance and special monthly compensation established as of August 10, 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in OK
Effective March 25, 2020, a service connection for coronary arteriosclerosis linked to herbicide exposure was granted a 100 percent evaluation, along with a 20 percent evaluation for diabetes mellitus from February 2, 2006, and a 0 percent evaluation for hypertension related to herbicide exposure from August 10, 2022, while eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established based on permanent disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IL
Effective June 21, 2017, the evaluation for post-traumatic stress disorder was increased to 70 percent, entitlement to individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance was granted, and the claimant was deemed competent for accrued benefits and substitution purposes.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in MS
Effective October 23, 2017, service connection for bilateral open-angle glaucoma was granted with a 100 percent evaluation, transitioning to 80 percent on January 5, 2024, alongside entitlements to special monthly compensation and Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in IA
As of January 31, 2014, service connection for adult chronic lymphocytic leukemia was granted with a 100 percent evaluation, anemia due to chemotherapy was recognized, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established based on permanent disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in MO
Effective May 11, 2017, evaluations for Parkinson’s Disease symptoms and other conditions were increased, aid and attendance special monthly compensation was granted, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established based on permanent disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in IL
As of February 12, 2015, entitlements were granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder with varying evaluations, increased evaluation for chronic sinusitis, a scar, and special monthly compensation, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NC
As of March 17, 2017, evaluations for degenerative spinal diseases and right shoulder conditions were increased, radiculopathy in both lower extremities and scars on both shoulders were recognized, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established due to permanent disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in LA
Service connection for schizoaffective disorder including bipolar disorder was granted with an evaluation of 100 percent effective September 4, 2018, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status was also established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AR
Service connection for the cause of death has been granted, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 has been established.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in NJ
Entitlements to earlier effective dates for service connections for coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction and subsequent bypass, chest surgical scar post-heart surgery, and left lower extremity surgical scar post-vein graft have all been granted effective February 24, 2020. Additionally, an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance has also been established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in ID
Service connection for major depressive disorder and unspecified neurocognitive disorder with traumatic brain injury was granted with an evaluation of 70 percent effective April 24, 2018, and the entitlement to individual unemployability has been deferred.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AR
Service connections were granted for lumbar spine spondylosis/stenosis with an initial evaluation of 0 percent effective June 29, 2017, increasing to 30 percent from February 8, 2024, and for various radiculopathies with initial evaluations of 10 percent, increasing to 20 percent for right and left lower extremities from the same future date, along with new 20 percent evaluations for femoral nerve radiculopathy effective February 8, 2024. Additionally, entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance were both granted effective June 29, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in FL
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for nephrolithiasis was granted effective January 2, 2006. Service connections were also granted for cervical spondylosis and multiple radiculopathies with evaluations ranging from 0 to 20 percent, all effective October 21, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TN
The service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder was granted with an evaluation of 70 percent effective January 20, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in El Savador
Service connections for various conditions were granted with initial evaluations on August 3, 2018: PTSD with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder at 30%, psoriasis and related skin conditions at 10%, left ankle psoriatic arthritis at 40%, Crohn’s disease at 30%, lower back psoriatic spondyloarthropathy at 10%, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy at 40%, right ankle osteoarthritis with psoriatic arthropathy at 40%, and tinnitus at 10%. Upgraded evaluations include PTSD with dysthymia to 100% from December 6, 2023, psoriasis to 60% from July 12, 2023, lower back condition to 20% from December 6, 2023, and right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy to 40% from December 6, 2023. Additionally, entitlements to special monthly compensation and Dependents’ Educational Assistance were established effective December 6, 2023, and August 3, 2018, respectively, while the denial of a cervical gynecological condition was confirmed.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in LA
Service connections were granted for the cause of death, coronary artery disease at 30 percent, diabetes mellitus type II with complications at 20 percent, and diabetic neuropathy in both lower extremities at 10 percent each, all effective May 26, 2015, for accrued benefit purposes; entitlement to special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ from the same date, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established from March 13, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in LA
Service connection for a painful scar on the lower right leg was granted with an evaluation of 10 percent, entitlement to individual unemployability, and a 50 percent evaluation for another specified trauma disorder, all effective October 2, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in FL
Service connections were granted for PTSD and insomnia disorder with an evaluation of 70 percent effective March 8, 2016, and for sleep apnea with an evaluation of 50 percent effective October 23, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance were granted effective November 25, 2015; additionally, a service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine was granted with an evaluation of 20 percent effective March 20, 2018, increased to 40 percent from September 15, 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AL
Service connections for left knee, lumbosacral, and left ankle strains were granted with evaluations of 20 percent, 20 percent, and 10 percent respectively, and peripheral neuropathies in both lower extremities were granted with 0 percent evaluations, all effective July 4, 2015; additionally, basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established effective November 26, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Coast Guard
in CT
70 percent evaluation has been assigned for unspecified trauma related disorder with unspecified depressive disorder; claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from June 18, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MD
Service connection for major depressive disorder was granted with an initial evaluation of 50 percent effective June 10, 2015, increased to 100 percent from June 27, 2023, with basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from the same date; the claimant is also considered competent.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in KS
PTSD
Service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia was granted with an evaluation of 100 percent, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established, both effective May 4, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in LA
Service connections were granted for stable angina at 0 percent effective May 9, 2016, with an update due to a law change on November 14, 2021, and for obstructive sleep apnea at 50 percent effective May 9, 2016; additionally, entitlement to individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance were both established effective July 26, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in MI
The evaluation for migraines was increased to 30 percent, entitlement to individual unemployability was granted, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance was established, all effective February 6, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in TX
Service connections for conditions including migraine headaches, left shoulder and elbow issues, and bilateral knee problems were granted, with evaluations ranging from 10 to 30 percent, all effective April 17, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in LA
Sleep Apnea
Service connections for various conditions including obstructive sleep apnea, lumbar spine issues, knee arthritis, and lower extremity radiculopathy were granted with evaluations ranging from 10 to 50 percent, all effective December 20, 2017, with several conditions deferred for VA examination.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in MO
Client award entitlement to an extra schedular total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established in August, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Veteran
in FL
Client awarded service connection for other specified Stressor disorder with general anxiety at 70% effective July, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in FL
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability is granted, with a new effective date of June 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in FL
Client granted service connection for Coronary Artery Disease status post coronary bypass surgery with an Implanted automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AlCD) in place is granted with an evaluation of 100 percent effective July 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Client granted service connection for major depressive disorder and bruxism in sustained remission with an evaluation of 100 percent and temporomandibular joint disorder with an evaluation of 20 percent effective July 2015. Additionally, basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from July 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IL
Client granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include post-traumatic stress disorder with major depressive and anxiety disorder, with an evaluation of 70 percent effective January 2009.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in APO AE
Client is granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis (previously characterized as bilateral feet disability) with an evaluation of 30 percent and service connection for left hip trochanteric pain syndrome and iliopsoas bursitis/tendinitis, with limited abduction and extension, as well as limited flexion, with evaluations of 20 percent and 0 percent respectively, effective October 13, 2017. Client is also granted service connection for right hip trochanteric pain syndrome and iliopsoas bursitis/tendinitis, with limitation of abduction and limited extension and flexion, with evaluations of 20 percent and 0 percent respectively, effective October 13, 2017. Additionally, the client is granted service connection for left ankle tendonitis, left knee strain, right ankle tendonitis, right knee strain, and bilateral hearing loss with evaluations of 10 percent, 10 percent, 10 percent, 10 percent, and 0 percent respectively, all effective October 13, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in OK
Client is granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status is established from February 11, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in WA
Client was granted a 40 percent evaluation for his degenerative disc disease left hip, 40 percent evaluation for his degenerative disc disease right hip, 40 percent evaluation has been assigned for thoracolumbar spine degenerative effective July 2009. Client additionally granted service connection left knee strain with limitation of flexion at 30 percent and left knee limitation of extension granted at 10 percent effective April 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in UT
Client awarded an increased evaluation for his stressor-related disorder to 70 percent, Parkinson’s disease associated with herbicide exposure is granted at 30 percent, and an earlier effective date for his entitlement to TDIU, special monthly compensation based on housebound and Dependents’ Educational Assistance granted effective June 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Client granted service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease, degenerative arthritis, and spinal stenosis with an evaluation of 20 percent and left knee osteoarthritis granted at 10 percent effective April 2013. The client was additionally granted service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy at 20 percent, and right knee osteoarthritis at 30 percent effective October 2021. Entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability is granted, with a new effective date of March 9, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NC
Client granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder to include post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with unspecified neurocognitive disorder is granted with an evaluation of 100 percent effective August 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in CA
Client awarded an earlier effective date for s/p SFW of right buttock with impairment of muscle group XIII and right thigh with impairment of muscle group XVII is granted at 40 percent, s/p SFW, right lumbar with impairment of muscle group XX and status post shell fragment wounds, posterior chest wall with impairment of muscle group XXI is granted at 40 percent disabling, and painful/unstable shrapnel wound scars and lipoma scars is granted at 10 percent disabling effective September 24, 1969.
Client additionally awarded right lower extremity at 10 percent disabling effective April 1999, left lower extremity is granted at 10 percent disabling effective February 14, 2008, as well as impairment of muscle group VII s/p SFW, left upper extremity (non-dominant) is granted at 10 percent disabling, impairment of muscle group VII s/p SFW, right upper extremity (dominant) is granted at 10 percent, and shrapnel wound scars and lipoma scars of the head and neck (also claimed as scalp/head shell fragment wound residuals of scaling, breakdown and scabbing) is granted at 10 percent disabling effective September 1969.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in OH
Client awarded entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status established in May 2019. Client was also awarded entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from August 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in WV
Client awarded 100 percent service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status is established from April 9, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Client was awarded service connection for various conditions, including 50 percent for headaches, 30 percent for cervical strain with degenerative arthritis, 40 percent for right upper extremity radiculopathy, 30 percent for left upper extremity radiculopathy, and 20 percent for lumbosacral strain, all effective from June 2017. Additionally, the Veteran was awarded 10 percent for left lower extremity radiculopathy and an additional 10 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy (sciatic nerve pain) with an effective date of August 2023.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in OH
Client awarded an increased evaluation to 50 percent for his service-connected PTSD with erectile dysfunction along with entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from March 1, 2019—reinstatement of special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from January 9, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Client granted 70 percent for PTSD with an effective date of June 2016 as well as 10 percent for a lumbosacral strain and tinnitus with an effective date of August 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in IA
Service connection for cause of death granted, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from November 24, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IA
Entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective September 30, 2016, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IA
Service connection is granted for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood at a 30 percent evaluation effective January 28, 2016, along with entitlement to individual unemployability effective September 3, 2016, and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met for specific periods in 2017. Additionally, entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, now set to September 3, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NC
A 70 percent evaluation is assigned for depressive disorder due to another medical condition with mixed features, effective from September 27, 2014, along with entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in MI
Service connection is granted for migraine headaches at 50 percent, obstructive sleep apnea at 50 percent, chronic hepatosplenomegaly (fatty liver) at 10 percent, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) at 10 percent, effective from different dates. Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from March 30, 2018. Additionally, the evaluation of thrombocytopenia and leukopenia with pancytopenia is continued, with pancytopenia being granted as secondary to the service-connected disability of diabetes mellitus type II with diabetic retinopathy at 0 percent disabling, effective from August 2, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in OR
Service connection is granted for prostate cancer with a 100 percent evaluation, erectile dysfunction with a 0 percent evaluation, and entitlements to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria and loss of use of creative organ are granted from April 24, 2015, along with basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Service connection is granted for various conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), knee degenerative arthritis, knee MCL tear, surgical scar, tinnitus, lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with spinal fusion, and sciatic nerve radiculopathy with evaluations ranging from 0 to 70 percent, effective from different dates, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria is granted from August 5, 2022, to November 1, 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in FL
An earlier effective date for Total Disability Rating based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is assigned from September 18, 2017, along with an earlier effective date for basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Service connection is granted for cervical spine disability, left upper extremity radiculopathy, and right upper extremity radiculopathy with evaluations of 30 percent, 40 percent, and 30 percent respectively, effective from different dates, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is granted, now set to August 8, 2014, while further development is needed for the evaluation of the right upper extremity radiculopathy.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in FL
The evaluation for generalized anxiety disorder is increased to 50 percent from August 23, 2011, and then to 70 percent from July 12, 2022, while various service connections for musculoskeletal conditions are granted with evaluations ranging from 0 to 20 percent effective from different dates, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is granted, now set to March 16, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine
in DC
Entitlement to Total Disability Rating based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) is granted from June 30, 2016, along with basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AZ
Service connection for various spinal and nerve conditions is granted with evaluations ranging from 10 to 20 percent, effective August 16, 2015, and with adjustments made from March 8, 2023, in some cases.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NJ
Service connection is granted for various conditions, including hemorrhoids, left shoulder strain, left ankle condition/joint pain, left index finger, left knee strain, left long finger, left thumb, lumbosacral strain, right ankle condition/joint pain, right index finger, right knee strain, right long finger, right thumb, with evaluations ranging from 10 to 20 percent, effective April 5, 2018. Additionally, service connection for left little finger, left ring finger, right little finger, and right ring finger is granted with 0 percent evaluations effective April 5, 2018. Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from April 5, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in FL
Entitlement to a 100 percent rating for panic disorder from December 4, 2015, is granted, along with special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria from February 2, 2023. Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from December 4, 2015, and the claimant is considered competent.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in IA
A 20 percent evaluation for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis from August 27, 2010, is increased to 40 percent from October 12, 2012, and a similar progression occurs for cervical strain with degenerative joint disease, starting at 20 percent from August 27, 2010, and increased to 40 percent from February 6, 2020. The evaluation for right shoulder trapezius strain is increased from 40 to 50 percent effective February 3, 2020, and the evaluation for left ankle/fracture disability is increased from 10 to 20 percent effective October 10, 2012. Service connection for left knee instability is granted with a 10 percent evaluation effective June 18, 2016, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is granted, with a new effective date of August 27, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in GA
Service connection for the cause of death is granted, and service connections for schizophrenia, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, coronary artery disease, residuals of right wrist injury are granted with evaluations ranging from 0 to 60 percent, effective between October 25, 2006, and October 18, 2011, while basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from June 18, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CO
A 50 percent evaluation is assigned for migraine headaches from June 12, 2002, and various evaluations ranging from 20 to 30 percent are assigned for residuals of cold weather injuries to the upper and lower extremities, effective from January 12, 1998. Additionally, entitlement to an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is granted with a new effective date of March 26, 2004. Furthermore, entitlement to an effective date of January 13, 1988, for 30 percent ratings for residuals of cold weather injury of the bilateral feet and hands is granted.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CA
Entitlement to earlier effective dates for service connection related to intervertebral disc syndrome, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and scar status post L5/S1 hemilaminotomy and microdiscectomy is granted due to clear and unmistakable errors, resulting in evaluations of 40 percent, 20 percent, and 0 percent, respectively, effective July 19, 2011, and December 22, 2011. However, requests for higher evaluations for right lower extremity radiculopathy and scar status are denied.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in CA
PTSD, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia are granted at a 100 percent rating effective September 6, 2018, tinnitus is granted at 10 percent effective the same date, basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from September 6, 2018, and a rating reduction from 30 percent to 10 percent for bronchial asthma is deemed improper, with restoration of the 30 percent rating effective May 1, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Service connection for various musculoskeletal conditions, including knee and shoulder strains, spine strain, elbow and wrist sprains, hip tendonitis, and ankle strains, is granted with evaluations ranging from 10 to 20 percent, effective August 16, 2018, and June 28, 2022, while basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from August 16, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in MN
Service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted at a 50 percent evaluation, while service connection for left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, degenerative arthritis, and tendinopathy, as well as right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, labral tear, degenerative arthritis, and tear supraspinatus insertion, is granted at a 20 percent evaluation each, all effective from November 18, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in NV
Service connections and evaluations are granted for various conditions, including hip and knee osteoarthritis, radiculopathy, degenerative arthritis, and shoulder strain, with effective dates ranging from December 21, 2016, to October 19, 2023, along with entitlements to separate evaluations for specific joint impairments, individual unemployability granted from December 21, 2016, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from the same date, while the evaluation for ilioinguinal nerve damage is decreased from 10 percent to 0 percent effective November 22, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in GA
Service connections are granted for various conditions, including ischemic heart disease (100 percent evaluation), chest scar (0 percent evaluation), diabetes mellitus (type II, 20 percent evaluation), right upper extremity diabetic neuropathy (30 percent evaluation), left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy (20 percent evaluation), left upper extremity diabetic neuropathy (20 percent evaluation), and right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy (femoral, 20 percent evaluation), with additional grants for hypertension (0 percent evaluation), special monthly compensation for housebound criteria met, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, all effective from December 14, 2020, while decisions on compensation for prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction/loss of use creative organ are deferred.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in TX
Service connection for spinal fusion and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) is granted with a 40 percent evaluation effective November 21, 2007. Additionally, service connections for left lower nerve sciatic radiculopathy and right lower nerve sciatic radiculopathy are granted with evaluations of 20 percent each, effective November 21, 2007.
Back Pay Recovered for
Coast Guard
in NE
An earlier effective date for the evaluation of bilateral pes planus, currently rated as 50 percent disabling, is granted effective March 17, 2011. Additionally, entitlement to individual unemployability is granted from March 17, 2011, to May 18, 2021, and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria is granted for the same period. Furthermore, an earlier effective date for basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from March 17, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in GA
An initial rating of 30 percent for left foot plantar calcaneal spur is granted effective July 31, 2018, along with service connections for somatic symptom disorder (claimed as anxiety and depression) at a 70 percent evaluation, chronic back pain at a 10 percent evaluation, and right ear hearing loss at a 0 percent evaluation, all effective July 31, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in AR
A clear and unmistakable error is acknowledged in the effective date assigned, leading to the establishment of entitlement to individual unemployability from September 9, 2008. Additionally, entitlement to an earlier effective date for eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a revised effective date of September 9, 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Coast Guard and Army
in AZ
Clear and unmistakable errors are identified in the Rating Decision dated April 19, 2019, for failing to grant special monthly compensation (SMC) at “O” and “R1” levels effective December 18, 2018. Additionally, another clear and unmistakable error is found in the VA Rating Decision dated March 12, 2019, for failing to assign SMC at the “L” level for complete loss of visual fields bilaterally, effective December 18, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in TN
The evaluation for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is increased from 20 percent to 40 percent effective October 4, 2016, and the evaluation for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is similarly increased from 20 percent to 40 percent from the same date. Additionally, entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from October 4, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in PR
Individual unemployability is granted effective December 9, 2019, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Individual unemployability is granted effective March 20, 2015, with an earlier effective date for eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 also granted from the same date. The evaluation for cervical spondylosis status post spinal fusion is increased from 20 percent to 40 percent effective October 29, 2018, and the evaluation for radiculopathy in the left upper extremity is increased from 20 percent to 40 percent effective September 10, 2020.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in LA
Service connection is granted for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a 70 percent evaluation, and service connection is also granted for bilateral plantar fasciitis, fibromatosis, and status post surgical removal of vocal cord polyps with evaluations of 10 percent each, all effective March 16, 2016. Additionally, service connection for chronic sinusitis is granted with a 0 percent evaluation, also effective March 16, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in GA
A 100 percent evaluation is assigned for posttraumatic stress disorder from June 29, 2016, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a revised effective date of June 29, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in LA
A 10 percent evaluation is assigned for a 22 cm surgical scar on the upper abdomen due to hiatal hernia surgery with soft tissue damage, with additional grants for individual unemployability effective January 1, 2018, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NY
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is granted due to a clear and unmistakable error, effective April 7, 2017, along with service connections for diabetes mellitus (20 percent) and obstructive sleep apnea (50 percent) effective the same date; additionally, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria is granted from March 29, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in TX
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for both individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of January 3, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
A 100 percent evaluation for hepatitis C has been assigned from January 27, 2015, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, retroactively set to January 27, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Service connection for post traumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder is granted with an evaluation of 70 percent effective January 26, 2017. This decision is an award of all benefits sought on appeal for this issue, and the appeal for this issue is considered satisfied in full.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CA
Individual Unemployability granted from September 22, 2014; Special Monthly Compensation based on housebound criteria granted from November 1, 2019; Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from September 22, 2014; Evaluation in excess of 70 percent disabling for post-traumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder denied.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in GA
Service connection is granted for the cause of death, schizophrenia, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood (with a 50 percent evaluation effective October 25, 2006), coronary artery disease (with a 60 percent evaluation effective October 18, 2011), hypertension (with a 0 percent evaluation effective October 18, 2011), and residuals of right wrist injury (with a 10 percent evaluation effective October 25, 2006); basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from June 18, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in SC
Service connection for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and stimulant use disorder in full remission is granted with a 70 percent evaluation effective January 20, 2017; additionally, service connection for alcohol abuse and stimulant use disorder (drug abuse) is now warranted as related to PTSD.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in NE
Service connection is granted for various conditions with specific evaluations, including depression (30 percent), tremors in the left upper extremity (20 percent), tremors in the right upper extremity (20 percent), constipation (10 percent), loss of automatic movement on the left side (10 percent), loss of automatic movement on the right side (10 percent), speech changes (10 percent), tremors with bradykinesia of the left lower extremity (10 percent), and tremors with bradykinesia of the right lower extremity (10 percent), all effective October 30, 2018; additional grants include service connection for residual scars (0 percent), residual scars from prostatectomy (0 percent), difficulty chewing and swallowing (0 percent), dry eye syndrome (0 percent), fatigue (0 percent), and loss of smell (0 percent), all effective October 30, 2018; an increase in the evaluation for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma to 100 percent effective October 30, 2018; continuation of the evaluation for Parkinson’s disease at 30 percent; an increase in the evaluation for prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction to 20 percent effective October 30, 2018; and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on total service-connected disability with additional service-connected disabilities independently ratable as 60 percent or more, granted from October 30, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in TN
Individual unemployability is granted effective March 28, 2018, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from the same date; in addition, the evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at 70 percent disabling is continued.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in NE
Individual unemployability is granted, effective August 17, 2018, along with the establishment of basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MO
Individual unemployability is granted effective December 11, 2013, along with an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility; evaluations for peripheral neuropathy in the right upper extremity increased to 40 percent and in the left upper extremity increased to 30 percent, both effective March 10, 2023; evaluations for coronary artery disease, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with REM sleep behavior disorder, obstructive sleep apnea with CPAP, type II diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities are continued; and a decision on compensation for essential tremor claimed as Parkinsonism is deferred.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AL
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder is granted, resulting in a 70 percent evaluation effective March 18, 2005, along with additional grants for individual unemployability, Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, and various service connections with specific evaluations, including hypertension (0 percent), craniotomy residuals (30 percent), right lower extremity muscle weakness (20 percent), right upper extremity muscle weakness (20 percent), and tinnitus (10 percent), all effective June 19, 2006.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in AZ
Service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted at a 100 percent evaluation effective October 16, 2020, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from the same date based on permanent and total disability status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in TX
Various disability evaluations, including adjustment disorder, migraines, lumbosacral musculoskeletal strain, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and obstructive sleep apnea, have been assigned with specific percentages, effective dates, and eligibility established for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in SC
The following benefits were approved: service connection for obstructive sleep apnea at a 50 percent evaluation effective March 28, 2017; entitlement to individual unemployability effective November 15, 2017; and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance due to permanent and total disability status, also established from November 15, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MO
Service connections were approved for generalized anxiety disorder and unspecified depressive disorder at 70 percent, left ankle strain, plantar fasciitis, and right ankle strain at 10 percent each, all effective from August 20, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in GA
Service connection for Adjustment Disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, acute (previously claimed as PTSD) is granted with an evaluation of 50 percent effective September 25, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in LA
The VA has approved entitlement to accrued benefits for service-connected liver cancer at 100 percent effective May 16, 2017, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at 30 percent effective October 22, 2015, and established basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance due to permanent and total disability status starting May 16, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Service connections for various medical conditions were granted with evaluations ranging from 0 to 50 percent, effective between June 17, 2014, and September 15, 2014, encompassing issues such as obstructive sleep apnea, lumbosacral strain, elbow epicondylitis, ankle impingement, knee strain, gout, shin splints, and hypertension.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IL
Entitlements granted include individual unemployability effective from November 16, 2016, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria from October 5, 2020, basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance from November 16, 2016, and an earlier effective date for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, maintaining the 10 percent evaluation from April 29, 2015, and continuing the 40 percent evaluation from October 5, 2020.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
The service connection for obstructive sleep apnea has been established with a 50 percent evaluation effective from May 1, 2014, contributing to an overall combined rating evaluation of 60 percent.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in KY
Service connections for various conditions (headaches, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, left and right lower extremity radiculopathy) were granted at different percentages effective from October 24, 2014, alongside individual unemployability granted from November 15, 2021, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria from March 21, 2023, and an updated effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance set to November 15, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in CO
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 is granted, with modified effective dates starting from May 1, 2017, due to clear and unmistakable errors found in prior effective dates.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in NC
Multiple disability evaluations and service connections were updated as follows: Thoracic strain increased to 40 percent effective March 31, 2017, left and right lower extremity radiculopathy connected at 20 percent each effective June 12, 2023, cervical strain increased to 30 percent effective March 31, 2017, right shoulder strain granted at 20 percent effective March 31, 2017 (40 percent from June 12, 2023), left shoulder strain at 20 percent effective March 31, 2017 (30 percent from June 12, 2023), left ankle lateral collateral ligament strain at 10 percent effective March 31, 2017 (20 percent from June 12, 2023), left elbow strain at 10 percent effective March 17, 2017, eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from March 31, 2017, and evaluations for traumatic brain injury continued at varying percentages from March 31, 2017, to June 16, 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in CA
A 70 percent evaluation is designated for bipolar disorder type I with alcohol use disorder effective from November 28, 2011, alongside the granting of an earlier effective date for individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, both set to November 28, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TN
Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is established at a 50 percent evaluation starting from July 29, 2016, while eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance due to permanent and total disability status is also recognized from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
The service connection evaluations for major depressive disorder linked to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will be increased from 30 to 70 percent effective from February 28, 2023, while service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) related to herbicide exposure, originally granted at 60 percent effective May 6, 2010, was temporarily raised to a total evaluation due to a pacemaker implantation from February 11, 2019, and then permanently set at 60 percent from May 1, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in HI
Basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from January 16, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in OH
Service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was initially granted at 30% effective February 12, 2007, and later increased to 70% from December 29, 2020, due to alcohol-induced major neurocognitive disorder, ultimately reaching 100% from September 11, 2021, while basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status was also established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Coast Guard
in GA
Service connection and increased evaluations were granted for eye conditions, including keratoconus, with an effective date of January 3, 2012, along with earlier effective dates for individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility, while the evaluation for right carpal tunnel syndrome remained unchanged at 30 percent disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in PA
Service connection for generalized anxiety disorder was initially granted at a 50 percent evaluation starting on February 15, 2012, which was later increased to 70 percent evaluation as of October 26, 2022, and this also established basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance due to permanent and total disability status from February 15, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MD
Effective January 5, 2018, the evaluation for unspecified bipolar disorder is increased to 70 percent disability, entitlement to individual unemployability is granted, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is also established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Service connection for bronchiectasis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at a 100 percent evaluation, entitlement to an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on total service-connected disability with additional disabilities rated at 60 percent or more, and an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 are all granted, with a new effective date of June 10, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MO
Effective February 21, 2017, entitlement to individual unemployability is granted, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is also established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CT
An evaluation of 60 percent for an autoimmune condition (ankylosing spondylitis) with fatigue manifestations was originally assigned from October 5, 2012, but the evaluation changed to 60 percent effective August 11, 2019, due to a change in the rating schedule, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is also granted with a new effective date of August 8, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in AZ
Service connection with various evaluations for degenerative arthritis, intervertebral disc syndrome, and radiculopathy in the cervical, lumbar, left upper extremity, right upper extremity, left lower extremity, and right lower extremity was granted, all effective August 6, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NY
Effective June 1, 2014, the evaluation for major depressive disorder was increased to 100 percent disability, special monthly compensation for housebound criteria was granted from May 22, 2020, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status was established from June 1, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in VA
Service connection for various psychiatric disorders including unspecified adjustment disorder, noncombat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and recurrent major depressive disorder is approved with a 70 percent evaluation, effective June 2, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in CA
Entitled to service-connected death benefits, called Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), because the veteran died from a service-related disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in CT
Service connection for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted with an evaluation of 70 percent effective June 27, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in AZ
Relevant evidence led to the approval of service connection for the cause of death in a supplemental claim, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is also established.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in MO
Both entitlement to individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status were established on September 17, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in MO
Entitlement to individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status were both established on September 17, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MS
Entitlement to 100 percent PTSD ratings retroactively from August 5, 2014, and June 1, 2018, along with an earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility under 38 USC chapter 35 of August 5, 2014, is granted.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in AZ
Disability evaluations for various medical conditions, including lumbosacral strain, degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease, insomnia disorder, intervertebral disc syndrome, and upper extremity radiculopathy, have been adjusted with varying percentages of disability granted, effective on different dates, along with the establishment of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CA
The evaluation for Lumbar Spine Degenerative Arthritis with IVDS is increased from 10 percent to 20 percent, individual unemployability is granted from September 22, 2017, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AL
Individual unemployability is granted from July 14, 2014, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MN
The disability evaluations for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy are increased from 10 percent to 40 percent, individual unemployability is granted from March 21, 2017, and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in NE
Service connections and evaluations granted for various claimed conditions, including right shoulder tendonitis with AC joint separation (20%), cervical spine strain (20%), left knee ACL tear (10%), left hip degenerative arthritis with thigh impairment (10%), limited extension (0%), limited flexion (0%), and left knee surgical scar (0%).
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in MO
Entitlement to an earlier effective date and increased evaluation for service connection for kidney cancer, status post removal of right
kidney (previously established as chronic kidney disease) is granted effective December 12, 2013. The final evaluation is deferred
pending a VA examination.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in TX
Entitlement to increased evaluations for retinitis pigmentosa, with subsequent evaluations of 90 percent and 80 percent, earlier effective date for service connection, individual unemployability, and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility are granted from March 18, 2019, while service connection for a scar on the left eye is granted with a 0 percent evaluation from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IN
An error is corrected to establish a 100 percent evaluation for multiple myeloma from February 23, 2012, while special monthly compensation for housebound criteria is granted from February 28, 2020, along with Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility based on permanent and total disability status, while the evaluations for prostate cancer with urinary frequency residuals and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood remain unchanged.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in KS
Effective November 29, 2017, various entitlements and disability ratings are granted, including a 70 percent initial disability rating for persistent depressive disorder, a 60 percent increased disability rating for asthma, total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) during a specified period, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance due to permanent and total disability status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MS
Earlier effective dates for various service connection, disability evaluations, and entitlement grants are adjusted, ranging from hypertension and degenerative disc disease evaluation changes to individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance eligibility modifications, while the current 70 percent disabling evaluation for post-traumatic stress disorder (previously rated as anxiety disorder) with traumatic brain injury remains unchanged.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in AL
A 70 percent evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was assigned from October 29, 2009. The evaluation was amended to include traumatic brain injury (TBI) but continued to be rated at 70 percent disability, effective February 24, 2020. Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from October 29, 2009.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IL
Entitlement to individual unemployability is granted with an effective date of April 17, 2017, and an earlier effective date for eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is also granted with the same date. However, an earlier effective date for the evaluation of major depressive disorder with alcohol and cannabis use disorder is denied.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in IA
Entitlement to earlier effective dates for various service connections and disability evaluations is granted for different conditions, with the earliest effective date being August 27, 2010, and the latest effective date being November 17, 2017; and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from November 17, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NJ
Service connection for PTSD with generalized anxiety disorder was granted at a 100 percent evaluation, effective October 14, 2015, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria was granted from December 18, 2015, along with eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 with an earlier effective date of October 14, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marines
in WV
Effective dates and evaluations for various service-connected conditions are granted as follows: a 70 percent evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder from February 25, 2009; continuation of a 30 percent evaluation for irritable bowel syndrome; a 30 percent evaluation for service-connected carcinoid tumor, diabetes mellitus type 2, and splenectomy, all effective August 10, 2022; a 0 percent evaluation for a service-connected scar effective August 10, 2022; entitlement to individual unemployability and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria effective January 25, 2017; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from January 25, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Effective April 3, 2023, the evaluation for bilateral hearing loss is raised from 0 to 20 percent, while starting from September 13, 2017, entitlement to individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance for those with permanent and total disability status is established.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NC
Multiple service connections and evaluations for various medical conditions, including diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, hearing loss, tinnitus, non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and erectile dysfunction, have been granted with retroactive effective dates of July 15, 2013, and August 10, 2022, for different conditions, some with evaluations of 0 percent and others with evaluations ranging from 10 to 30 percent, and entitlement to special monthly compensation for loss of use of a creative organ is granted from July 15, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NC
Earlier effective dates for service connection for soft tissue sarcoma and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance have been granted, with both being retroactively effective from April 1, 2009.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in CA
Entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status are both established effective November 9, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AL
Service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder is granted with an evaluation of 70 percent effective November 7, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AL
Multiple service connections and evaluations are granted for various medical conditions, including plantar fasciitis, lumbosacral intervertebral disc syndrome, radiculopathy, cold injury residuals, ankle sprain, and coronary artery disease, with effective dates ranging from May 14, 2012, to April 24, 2023, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability is established from May 14, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in TX
A 40 percent evaluation for fibromyalgia is assigned from May 27, 2011, and entitlement to individual unemployability and earlier effective date for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is granted, both with an effective date of May 27, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in OR
Various separate compensable evaluations are established for different body parts affected by rheumatoid arthritis, each assigned a specific percentage, effective June 19, 2014, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is granted based on permanent and total disability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in SD
Entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 are granted, both with an effective date of March 16, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Service connection for various medical conditions, including heart disease, sleep apnea, diabetes, and peripheral neuropathy in both lower and upper extremities, are granted with different evaluation percentages effective from December 14, 2015 and March 14, 2017, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from December 14, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in TX
Service connection for Parkinson’s disease with various symptoms is granted with evaluations ranging from 20% to 0%, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted, all effective March 10, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NC
Service connection for ventricular arrhythmia with implanted cardiac pacemaker is granted with a 100% evaluation effective September 4, 2018, service connection for adjustment disorder was mixed anxiety and depressed mood is granted with a 50% evaluation effective September 4, 2018, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from September 4, 2018, to July 31, 2019, along with basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance established from September 4, 2018, and an evaluation of 10% assigned for scar, pacemaker from November 7, 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Service connection for other specified stressor or trauma related disorder is granted with an evaluation of 70 percent effective April 17, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in DE
Service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder is granted with a 100% evaluation effective August 10, 2010, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in NE
The evaluation of PTSD is increased to 70% effective March 6, 2009, along with entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status established from the same date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AZ
Effective December 3, 2015, entitlement to individual unemployability is granted, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established based on permanent and total disability status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in MD
Entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective August 11, 2011, along with basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance, and a 50% disability rating is granted for service-connected left knee status-post total arthroplasty from August 1, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Effective April 21, 2014, entitlement to individual unemployability is granted, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established based on permanent and total disability status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in MI
Service connection granted for prostate cancer and coronary artery disease with PCI associated with herbicide exposure, with changes to the rating schedule resulting in lower evaluations from November 14, 2021 and March 3, 2023, while service connection for erectile dysfunction is granted with a non-compensable evaluation and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted from September 13, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective April 21, 2014; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based onpermanent and total disability status is established from April 21, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in MI
Prostate cancer granted 100% from September 9, 2019 to March 3, 2023; coronary artery disease granted 60% September 13, 2019 to November 14, 2021 and 30% November 14, 2021 to March 3, 2023; erectile dysfunction granted 0% effective September 13, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in NE
Client received service connection for dizziness with vertigo with an evaluation of 10 percent, effective August 15, 2016; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met August 15, 2016; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 5, 2015; the reduction in rating from 100 percent to 10 percent, effective May 1, 2016, bipolar disorder was improper; therefore, a 100 percent rating is restored, effective May 1, 2016; service connection for right ear hearing loss is established and combined with already service connected hearing loss, left ear August 15, 2016; and the evaluation of bilateral hearing loss, which is currently 0 percent disabling, is continued.
Back Pay Recovered for
National Guard
in FL
Client received service connection for hypertension and an evaluation of 10 percent effective June 29, 2015; service connection for erectile dysfunction with an evaluation of 0 percent effective June 29, 2015; entitlement to individual unemployability effective October 21, 2016; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of creative organs from June 29, 2015; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status on October 21, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CO
Client received 30 percent evaluation for migraine headaches residuals of TBI from November 2, 2019; service connection for residuals of head injury (TBI)(to include memory loss and dizziness) with an evaluation of 70 percent effective September 24, 2012; entitlement to individual unemployability effective September 24, 2012; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from September 24, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in AR
Client received service connection for the cause of death; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Client received entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for allergic dermatitis effective July 17, 1975; and entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae effective July 17, 1975.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Client received a 20 percent evaluation has been assigned for degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome (previously rated as degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine) from May 5, 2015; service connection for rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis with an evaluation of 100 percent effective May 5, 2015 and a decreased evaluation of 0 percent effective October 18, 2019; service connection for fibromyalgia with an evaluation of 40 percent effective October 18, 2019; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from May 5, 2015 to October 17, 2019; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from May 18, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Client received service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than trauma and stressor disorder, to include a major depressive disorder, as secondary to service-connected disabilities; a 70 percent evaluation has been assigned for other specified trauma and stressor disorder, with panic attacks, and major depressive disorder from August 31, 2012; entitlement to individual unemployability effective August 31, 2012; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from August 31, 2015; and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, with a new effective date of August 31, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MO
Client received entitlement to individual unemployability effective January 14, 2015; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from January 14, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in AL
Client received evaluation of fracture of right third (long finger) metacarpals), which is currently 10 percent disabling, increased to 10 percent effective September 15, 2016; evaluation of laceration of liver, which is currently 0 percent disabling, increased to 10 percent effective September 15, 2016; service connection for Schizophrenia with an evaluation of 100 percent effective November 29, 2016; service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with an evaluation of 50 percent effective November 29, 2016; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from November 29, 2016; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 29, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Client received service connection for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and bipolar disorder with an evaluation of 70 percent effective September 19, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in TN
Client received entitlement to an initial 20 percent rating, for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, effective February 20, 2014; entitlement to an initial 20 percent rating, but no higher, for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity effective February 20, 2014; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from February 20, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
in VA
Client received a retroactive CRDP compensation payment.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in GA
Client received service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with an evaluation of 50 percent effective February 24, 2014; entitlement to individual unemployability effective February 24, 2014; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from February 24, 2014; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from February 24, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in GA
Client received a 100 percent evaluation assigned for posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder from April 2, 2015; entitlement to service connection for traumatic brain injury evaluated with posttraumatic stress disorder effective April 30, 2020; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from April 2, 2015; entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, with a new effective date of April 2, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in NC
Client received entitlement to individual unemployability effective December 24, 2014; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from December 24, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in LA
Client received evaluation of traumatic brain injury (TBI), currently evaluated as 0 percent disabling, increased to 40 percent from March 28, 2014; entitlement to individual unemployability effective March 28, 2014; and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, with a new effective date of March 28, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NC
Client received entitlement to individual unemployability effective March 1, 2017; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on
permanent and total disability status from March 1, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in FL
Client received service connection for the cause of death; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status from July 10, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in VA
Client received entitlement to individual unemployability effective August 1,2017; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from August 1,2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in MO
Client received service connection for unspecified depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder with an evaluation of 100 percent effective June 27, 2016 for accrued benefits only; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from October 31, 2016 for accrued benefits only; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from June 27, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in TX
Client received service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (previously rated as major depression, claimed as PTSD, depression, and anxiety) with an evaluation of 70 percent effective May 13, 2015; an evaluation of
100 percent from October 18, 2021; entitlement to individual unemployability effective May 13, 2015; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from May 13, 2015; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from October 18, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in OH
Client received service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with an evaluation of 100 percent effective October 8, 2019; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from October 8, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in AK
Client received service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with an evaluation of 50 percent effective August 3, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in VA
Client received service connection for right shoulder gout with a 20 pereent evaluation effective August 31, 2011; a 20 percent evaluation for right shoulder gout with tendonitis, impingement, and strain from March 3, 2018; service connection for left shoulder gout with a 20 percent evaluation effective August 31, 2011; a 20 percent evaluation for right shoulder gout with tendonitis, impingement, and strain from March 3, 2018; and other service connections.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in WA
Client received service connection for left knee arthritis, status post total arthroplasty, with an evaluation of 10 percent effective July 1, 1990; an evaluation of 100 percent from May 13, 2011; an evaluation of 30 percent from July 1, 2014; service connection for left knee scar with an evaluation of 0 percent effective June 15, 2011; service connection for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with pancytopenia and thrombocytopenia with an evaluation of 70 percent effective September 11, 2017; an evaluation of 100 percent from November 18, 2019; service connection for incomplete right bundle branch block (claimed as RBBB) with an evaluation of 0 percent effective March 22, 2019; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from November 18, 2019; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 18, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in SC
Client received service connection for post traumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder in sustained remission, and stimulate use disorder in sustained remission with an evaluation of 70 percent effective April 2, 2013; an evaluation of 100 percent from November 17, 2022; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 17, 2022; and entitlement to individual unemployability is deferred.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MI
Client received evaluation of neck strain and cervical spine degenerative arthritis, which is currently 20 percent disabling, is increased to 30 percent effective June 19, 2013; service connection for degenerative arthritis, with intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine with an evaluation of 40 percent effective March 30, 2009; service connection for lumbar radiculopathy, left lower extremity with an valuation of 20 percent effective March 30, 2009; service connection for lumbar radiculopathy, right lower extremity with an evaluation of 20 percent effective March 30, 2009; entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability is granted, with a new effective date of March 30, 2009; and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, with a new effective date of March 30, 2009.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MI
Client received evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), currently 30 percent disabling, increased to 70 percent effective September 1, 2022; service connection for a lumbosacral strain (claimed as middle and lower back condition) with an evaluation of 10 percent effective January 28, 2014. An evaluation of 20 percent is assigned from August 23, 2022; service connection for left upper leg pain, incomplete paralysis, common peroneal nerve with an evaluation of 20 percent effective January 28, 2014; service connection for left upper leg pain, incomplete paralysis, femoral nerve with an evaluation of 20 percent effective January 28, 2014; service connection for right upper leg pain, incomplete paralysis, common peroneal nerve with an evaluation of 20 percent effective January 28, 2014; service connection for right upper leg pain, incomplete paralysis, femoral nerve with an evaluation of 20 percent effective January 28, 2014; and service connection for rib pain (claimed as torso pain) with an evaluation of 0 percent effective January 28, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Client received service connection for migraine headaches with an evaluation of 10 percent effective November 30, 2015; entitlement to individual unemployability effective November 30, 2015; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 30, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TN
Client received a 100 percent evaluation for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder and substance abuse disorder, competent from April 11, 2014; a 30 percent evaluation for right knee arthritis, meniscal tear and patellar tendonitis with bone spurs from October 4, 2019; a 30 percent evaluation for left knee arthritis, meniscal tear and patellar tendonitis with bone spurs from October 4, 2019; service connection for right knee instability with an evaluation of 10 percent effective May 2, 2014; and service connection for left knee instability with an evaluation of 10 percent effective May 2, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CT
Client received service connection for s/p left total knee replacement with degenerative arthritis left knee claimed as left knee condition; and 16 other conditions.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in AZ
Client received 40 percent evaluation for degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease and vertebral body compression fracture L1, spear plate compression fracture L1, L2 from September 30, 2013; service connection and a 20 percent evaluation has been assigned for radiculopathy, left lower extremity, sciatic from December 29, 2014; entitlement to individual unemployability effective September 30, 2013; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from December 29, 2014; and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, with a new effective date of September 30, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IL
Client received service connection for the cause of death; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status from July 6, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in TX
Client received service connection for breast cancer, metastatic (stage 4, right breast) with an evaluation of 100 percent effective July 2, 2019; service connection for bone cancer with an evaluation of 100 percent effective July 2, 2019; service connection for liver cancer with an evaluation of 100 percent effective July 2, 2019; service connection for residuals, right breast surgery with an evaluation of 30 percent effective July 2, 2019; service connection for surgical scars, right breast with an evaluation of 0 percent effective July 2, 2019; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from July 2, 2019; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from July 2, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Client received service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with insomnia disorder and alcohol use disorder, with an evaluation of
100 percent effective November 7, 2018; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 7, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Client received basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from May 27, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MO
Client received service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with an evaluation of 50 percent effective May 23, 2014; service connection for lower extremity radiculopathy, left with an evaluation of 40 percent effective May 18, 2017; from June 28, 2022, and thereafter, an evaluation of 10 percent; service connection for lower extremity radiculopathy, right with an evaluation of 20 percent effective May 18, 2017; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from May 18, 2017 until June 27, 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in CA
Client received service connection for post traumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder with an evaluation of 70 percent effective September 22, 2014; service connection for coronary artery disease with myocardial infarctions s/p pacemaker implantation with an evaluation of 60 percent effective May 13, 2016; an evaluation of 100 percent from July 8, 2019; an evaluation of 60 percent from November 1, 2019; service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease with an evaluation of 10 percent effective May 13, 2016; service connection for hypertension with an evaluation of 10 percent effective May 13, 2016; service connection for erectile dysfunction with an evaluation of 0 percent effective May 13, 2016; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of creative organ from May 13, 2016; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from July 8, 2019 to November 1, 2019; a decision on entitlement to compensation for surgical scars is deferred.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in OH
Service connection for metastatic prostate cancer associated with herbicide exposure is granted with a 100 percent evaluation effective November 30, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in FL
Client received service connection for hypertension with an evaluation of 0 percent effective May 8, 2015; entitlement to individual unemployability effective May 8, 2015; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from May 8, 2015; and evaluation of GERD also addressed as gastroenteritis and heartburn, which is currently 10 percent disabling, is continued.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in TX
Client received service connection for prostate cancer associated with herbicide exposure with a 100 percent evaluation effective November 13, 2013; service connection for erectile dysfunction with an evaluation of 0 percent effective November 13, 2013; service connection for tinnitus with an evaluation of 10 percent effective August 21, 2014; service connection for bilateral hearing loss with an evaluation of 0 percent effective August 21, 2014; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of creative organ from November 13, 2013; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 13, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in AR
Client received entitlement to individual unemployability effective January 23, 2015; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from January 23, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in IA
Client received service connection to ulcerative colitis s/p primary sclerosing cholangitis s/p bile duct cancer with ostomy associated with herbicide exposure at 100% evaluation; service connection for residuals of cholangiocarcinoma with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency associated with herbicide exposure with a 60 percent evaluation effective October 19, 2018; service connection for chronic kidney disease with an evaluation of 60 percent
effective October 19, 2018. An evaluation of 80 percent assigned effective November 14, 2021; service connection for liver transplant residuals with an evaluation of 30 percent effective October 19, 2018; service connection for abdominal scar with an evaluation of 0 percent effective October 19, 2018; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from October 19, 2018; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from October 19, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in IN
Client received entitlement to an earlier effective date for the 70 percent disability evaluation assigned for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from March 31, 2017; service connection for tinnitus with an evaluation of 10 percent effective May 19, 2017; entitlement to individual unemployability effective March 31, 2017; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from March 31, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in FL
Client received entitlement to individual unemployability effective October 26, 2015; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on
permanent and total disability status from October 26, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in SC
Client received entitlement to individual unemployability effective May 21, 2012. This decision is an award of all benefits sought on appeal for this issue, and the appeal for this issue is considered satisfied in full; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status from May 21, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in NM
Client received service connection for Wilson’s disease with tremors and weakness, right upper extremity with an evaluation of 40 percent effective March 18, 2014; service connection for insomnia with an evaluation of 30 percent effective March 18, 2014; service connection for tremors and weakness, left upper extremity with an evaluation of 30 percent effective March 18, 2014; service connection for tremors and weakness, left lower extremity with an
evaluation of 10 percent effective March 18, 2014; service connection for tremors and weakness, right lower extremity with an evaluation of 10 percent effective March 18, 2014; service connection for difficulty swallowing with an evaluation of 0 percent effective March 18, 2014; and service connection for eye twitching with an evaluation of 0 percent effective March 18, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Client received service connection for tinnitus with an evaluation of 10 percent effective January 28, 2013; and service connection for depressive disorder due to chronic pain, with depressive features and posttraumatic stress disorder with an evaluation of 70 percent effective January 28, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Client received entitlement to an initial 60 percent rating for hypothyroidism June 8,2007 until February 8, 2015; an increased evaluation of 100 percent from February’ 9,2015, henceforth, for accrued benefits only; and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 based on permanent and total disability status, for accrued benefits only.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in NE
Client received evaluation of coronary artery disease status post infarction and stenting with congestive heart failure, which is currently 30 percent disabling, increased to 100 percent effective October 6, 2021; entitlement to individual unemployability effective August 24, 2012; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met from October 6, 2021; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from August 24, 2012; evaluation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is currently 50 percent disabling, is continued; evaluation of residuals of prostate cancer status post prostatectomy including urinary incontinence, which is currently evaluated 60 percent disabling, is decreased to 40 percent effective May 10, 2022.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in AZ
Client received service connection for adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon status post colectomy resection of large intestine (claimed as GI issues to include colon cancer stage 3 and constipation); evaluation for adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon status post colectomy resection of large intestine with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) (claimed as GI issues to include colon cancer stage 3 and constipation), which is currently 10 percent disabling, is increased to 100 percent effective January 22, 2019; an evaluation of 60 percent is assigned from February 1, 2020; service connection for metastatic carcinoma to lymph nodes (claimed as metastatic disease cancer) with an evaluation of 100 percent effective January 22, 2019; a non-compensable evaluation is assigned from February 1, 2020; service connection for peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity with an evaluation of 30 percent effective January 22, 2019; service connection for peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity with an evaluation of 30 percent effective January 22, 2019; service connection for peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity with an evaluation of 30 percent effective January 22, 2019; service connection for peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity with an evaluation of 20 percent effective January 22, 2019. Service connection for residual surgical scars, abdomen with an evaluation of 0 percent effective January 22, 2019. Entitlement to special monthly compensation (S) based on a disability temporarily rated 100 percent with additional service connected disabilities independently ratable as 60 percent or more criteria being met from January 22, 2019 to February 1, 2020; basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from January 22, 2019; service connection for left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain with degenerative arthritis with an evaluation of 10 percent effective April 23, 2019; and service connection for right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain with degenerative arthritis with an evaluation of 10 percent effective April 23, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in
Client received service connection for residuals of heat stroke (previously rated as recurrent heat stroke and heat intolerance residuals) to include bilateral cataracts and glaucoma (previously rated as ocular disability) with an evaluation of 70 percent effective November 20, 2012; service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy with left foot drop (previously rated as lumbar radiculopathy and as left foot drop) with an evaluation of 40 percent effective November 20, 2012; service connection for nocturia with an evaluation of 40 percent effective November 20, 2012; service connection for major depression is granted with an evaluation of 30 percent effective November 20, 2012; service connection for status post laminectomy lumbar spine x2 is granted with an evaluation of 20 percent effective November 20, 2012; service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy is granted with an evaluation of 10 percent effective November 20, 2012; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from November 20, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in FL
Client received entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability from February 10, 2009; and entitlement to an earlier effective date for eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 from February 10, 2009.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in OH
Client received service connection for left knee, chondromalacia patella, status post total knee replacement with an evaluation of 60 percent effective February 27, 2017; service connection for right knee, chondromalacia patella, status post total knee replacement with an evaluation of 60 percent effective February 27, 2017; service connection for left and right knee scars with an evaluation of 0 percent effective February 27, 2017; and separate non-compensable evaluations for each knee scar effective August 13, 2018 based on law change.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in TX
Client received entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability, with a new effective date of June 1, 2005; entitlement to special monthly compensation based on schedular housebound criteria being met from June 29, 2007; entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, with a new effective date of June 1, 2005.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in KS
Client received service connection for post traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder with an evaluation of 100 percent effective October 21, 2016; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from October 21, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in NM
Client is entitled to an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD prior to June 30, 2021; therefore, the initial 50 percent evaluation increased to 70 percent effective June 23, 2017; entitlement to individual unemployability effective June 23, 2017; entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35, with a new effective date of June 23, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in SC
Client received service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with an evaluation of 50 percent effective October 26, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in GA
Client received service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (claimed as mental health condition, PTSD, anxiety, depression, somatic symptom disorder with predominant pain, persistent, severe) with an evaluation of 100 percent effective March 2, 2017; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from March 2, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in TX
Client received service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder due to MST with an evaluation of 50 percent effective July 24, 2013; and service connection for tinnitus with an evaluation of 10 percent effective September 30, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in MO
Client entitled to individual unemployability effective April 13, 2016; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status from April 13, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in NC
Client is entitled to individual unemployability effective December 30, 2016; service connection for left lower extremity sciatica pain with an evaluation of 10 percent effective February 29, 2016; entitled to special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance criteria being met from September 28, 2017; and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status from December 30, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in
Client entitled to individual unemployability is granted effective January 13, 2015 and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from January 13, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in MO
Client granted 50% on sleep disorder.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in WA
Client received increase to 100 percent of coronary artery disease s/p myocardial infarction, service connection for depressive disorder with major depressive-like episode and anxious distress, diabetic nephropathy, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status, a clear and unmistakable error found in the rating decision, and a clear and unmistakable error found in the rating decision.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in New York
Client received entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Individual Unemployability is granted because a clear and unmistakable error was made. Therefore, eligibility for Individual Unemployability is granted effective June 15, 2018; client received entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted because a clear and unmistakable error was made. Therefore, eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted effective June 15, 2018; and the motion to reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) the July 1962 Regional Office (RO) rating decision that reduced the Veteran’s disability rating for hearing loss is granted; the 20 percent evaluation is restored, effective June 25, 1962.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Texas
Client received evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder, which is currently 70 percent disabling, and is increased to 100 percent effective October 31, 2006; client received basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status and is established from October 31, 2006.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in California
Client had a clear and unmistakable error found in the effective date for entitlement to individual unemployability; and client had a clear and unmistakable error found in the effective date for entitlement to Dependents’ Educational Assistance, with a new effective date of September 13, 2010 is assigned.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Texas
Client is entitled to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status established from March 26, 2013; plus a decision regarding entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on
housebound is deferred.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in Missouri
Client is service connected for diabetes mellitus is granted with an evaluation of 20 percent; for right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted with an evaluation of 40 percent; left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted with an evaluation of 30 percent; for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted with an evaluation of 10 percent; for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted with an evaluation of 10 percent effective June 5, 2021. Client is entitled to individual unemployability is granted effective September 9, 2016. Client entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from June 5, 2021. Client basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from September 9, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Nevada
Client is entitled to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on
permanent and total disability status is established from February 13, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in Texas
Client is service connected for painful scars of the posterior scalp and forehead is granted with an evaluation of 10 percent; and service connected for scars of the posterior scalp and right forehead is granted with an evaluation of 10 percent effective July 30, 2010. Client is service connected for gastroesophageal reflux disease is granted with an evaluation of 10 percent effective September 13, 2010. Client is service connected for hypertension is granted with an evaluation of 0 percent effective July 30, 2010. Client is service connected for erectile dysfunction (also claimed as low testosterone) is granted with an evaluation of 0 percent effective June 11, 2013. The schedule for rating disability has changed for this condition. An evaluation of 0 percent assigned effective November 14, 2021, the date of the law change. (38 CFR 3.114, 38 CFR 3.400) Client is entitled to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted from June 11, 2013. Client is entitled to an earlier effective date for entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective July 30, 2010. Client is entitled to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of July 30, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Arizona
Client is service connected for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, cannabis use disorder, moderate (claimed as post traumatic stress disorder) is granted with an evaluation of 50 percent effective January 2, 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Kansas
Client received individual unemployability granted effective March 24, 2014. Client received special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance/housebound criteria being met is granted from May 30, 2014. Client is eligible for Dependents’ Educational Assistance and evaluated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to include major depressive disorder, recurrent, which is currently 100 percent disabling, and is granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent from March 24, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in Arizona
Client received evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, which is currently 50 percent disabling, is increased to 100 percent and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from September 6, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Texas
Client is service connected for posttraumatic stress disorder and is granted with an evaluation of 50 percent effective June 16, 2014. They are also service connected for knee strain with patellofemoral pain syndrome and degenerative arthritis with an evaluation of 40 percent is assigned from August 11, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Tennessee
Client was service connected for prostate cancer associated with herbicide exposure is granted with a 100 percent evaluation and entitled to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of creative organ was granted from July 18, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Arizona
Client entitled to individual unemployability, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of May 19, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in Illinois
Client is service connected for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is granted with an evaluation of 50 percent effective January 29, 2013.
Client also received basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from January 29,
2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps
in Texas
Client was service connection for schizophrenia and received basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from February 6, 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force
in Alabama
Client is service connection for left elbow epicondylitis, limitation of pronation and for right elbow epicondylitis, painful motion of forearm is granted with an evaluation of 10 percent effective December 28, 2021. Client is entitled to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from May 29, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in California
Client entitled to individual unemployability is granted effective and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status is established from November 19, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Alabama
Client was service connected for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is granted with an evaluation of 100 percent effective November 19, 2019.
Client also received entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from November 19, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in Alabama
Client granted service connection for lower back condition with an evaluation of 40% and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status established from January 21, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in New York
Berry Law client was service connected with an evaluation of 50 percent on multiple disabilities and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from December 8, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy
in Mississippi
Client was entitled to an earlier effective date for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity (sciatic nerve), right lower extremity (sciatic nerve), left lower extremity (anterior crural nerve), right lower extremity (anterior crural nerve), left upper extremity with superimposed bilateral carpal tunnel syndromes, right upper extremity, and grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of June 30, 2003. Evaluation of post traumatic stress disorder, which is currently 50 percent disabling, is increased to 70 percent effective October 29, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army
in Colorado
Client entitled to basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability individual unemployability status granted effective November 10, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Massachusetts
Client granted 70 percent evaluation has been assigned for post-traumatic stress disorder with depression
from January 4, 2009, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational
Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of August 25, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Indiana
Client granted an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability is granted, special monthly compensation based on aid (July 27, 2012) and attendance (August 18, 2017), and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of July 27, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Kentucky
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status established from March 24, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Alabama
Client granted increases for radiculopathy sciatic nerve, right lower extremity radiculopathy sciatic nerve, extremity radiculopathy femoral nerve, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from November 15, 2007. Client is also granted service connection for dislocated semilunar of right knee effective September 6, 2007.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Michigan
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on
permanent and total disability status is established from March 16, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in South Carolina
Client granted increase caused by a clear and unmistakable error is found in the October 27, 2020 Rating Decision effective date
of December 12, 2018 for individual unemployability and Basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance and modified
effective date is established from June 13, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client evaluation of post-traumatic stress disorder with alcohol abuse, which is currently 70 percent
disabling, is increased to 100 (August 1, 2015) and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is
granted from May 22, 2019. As well as basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from August 1, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability and for Dependents’ Educational
Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of March 18, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Airforce Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status established from February 24, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted TDIU and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status is established on March 2, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted rate increase for PTSD from 70 to 100% and Basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total
disability status is established from July 18, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Alabama
Client granted service connection for PTSD with secondary unspecified schizophrenia and other psychotic disorder is granted with an evaluation of 100 percent as well as special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria and Basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status is established from September 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Massachusetts
Client granted TDIU and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status effective December 9, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Mississippi
Client granted service connection for PTSD and tension headaches effective April 27, 2016. Client also granted TDIU and special monthly compensation effective August 19, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Iowa
Client granted TDIU and eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance effective June 8, 2009.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Iowa
Client granted service connection for major depressive disorder, insomnia disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, with an evaluation of 70 percent effective June 11, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Client granted service connection for unspecified bipolar and related disorder with psychogenic non-epileptic seizure with an evaluation of 50% effective March 1, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in California
Client granted service connection for metacarpal fracture (January 2012) as well as Sleep Apnea (30%) and GERD effective February 2015. Client is also granted TDIU and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from March 7, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nevada
Client granted service connection for degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease (DDD) lumbar spine is granted with an evaluation of 40 percent effective August 9, 2013, as well as service connection for radiculopathy in the left and right lower extremity at 10% effective March 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted service connection for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, extranodal marginal B-cell lymphoma of
MALT type, with extranodal primary disease involving stomach associated with herbicide
exposure is granted with a 100 percent evaluation effective September 30, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in New Mexico
Client granted an increase from 70% to 100% for PTSD effective July 2017 as well as TDIU and Dependent Educational Assistance December 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted service connection for chronic renal disease requiring dialysis, chronic anemia, scars residuals port insertion for dialysis left arm as well as basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability effective July 31, 2014, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from July 31, 2014, to February 29, 2020.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Maryland
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for sleep apnea effective June 1, 2018, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from February 26, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted entitlement individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from April 5, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Louisiana
Client granted service connection for cervical degenerative arthritis (30%) and right upper radicular group (40%) effective April 24, 2012. As well as service connection for left upper extremity (LUE) radicular group (40%) and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance effective December 30, 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder is granted with an evaluation of 70 percent effective February 24, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder at 100% effective August 24, 2018, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from September 28, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Virginia
Client granted an evaluation of adjustment disorder with depressed mood (claimed as PTSD), which is increased to 70 percent, and entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective July 28, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted service connection for Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and prostate cancer associated with herbicide exposure, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from June 14, 2017.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Wisconsin
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from January 30, 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Coast Guard Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) and Basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from January 30, 2014
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with an evaluation of 50 percent effective January 14, 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss with an evaluation of 80 percent effective November 27, 2013, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from May 5, 2021.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Ohio
Client granted evaluation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with anxiety disorder, which is currently 30 percent disabling, is increased to 70 percent effective April 25, 2011
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Idaho
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability is granted, with a new effective date of October 10, 2012, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of October 10, 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Massachusetts
Client granted service connection for restrictive airway disease (also claimed as respiratory system and fatigue) is granted with an evaluation of 100% effective June 9, 2010, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from June 9, 2010
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Kansas
Client granted entitlement to 100% for PTSD, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from March 1, 2014
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Michigan
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective July 22, 2008, and basic eligibility for Dependents’ Educational Assistance is established from July 22, 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Colorado
Client granted service connection for Other Specified Schizophrenia Spectrum and other psychosis disorder is granted with an evaluation of 100 percent effective May 4, 2011, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from May 4, 2011
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability effective November 4, 2013, entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from April 22, 2019.
Back Pay Recovered for
Airforce Veteran
in Texas
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective June 5, 2012 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective March 29, 2007 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in California
Client granted individual unemployability effective September 12, 2011 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of individual unemployability, with a new effective date of June 2, 2010 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Pennsylvania
Client granted service connection for migraines (30%), IBS (30%), and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted from April 18, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is granted with an evaluation of 50 percent effective June 9 ,2014, and entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective March 2, 2017 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Pennsylvania
Client granted service connection for prostate cancer granted with an evaluation of 100% effective February 7, 2009, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted from February 17, 2009.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Maryland
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for an evaluation of PTSD with depression, anxiety, substance use, which is currently 70 percent disabling, is increased to 100 percent effective April 4, 2014
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability due to PTSD is granted effective May 13, 2013 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted 100% evaluation of Schizophrenia from November 30, 1990.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability effective October 18, 2010 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Airforce Veteran
in Claifornia
Clent granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder with an evaluation of 70 percent effective September 13, 2012
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is granted with an evaluation of 100 percent effective August 27, 2014, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from February 19, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Philippines
Client granted e entitlement to individual unemployability is granted effective May 18,2015 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Airforce Veteran
in Florida
Client granted service connection for coronary artery disease associated with herbicide exposure is granted with a 100 percent evaluation effective January 19, 2016, and service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II associated with herbicide exposure is granted with a 20 percent evaluation effective January 19, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Maryland
Client granted individual unemployability effective July 15, 2004 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Arkansas
Client granted a 100% rating for PTSD with alcohol disorder effective October 19, 2011, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria being met is granted from October 19, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Michigan
Client granted entitlement to TDIU effective July 22, 2008, and evaluation of hyperparathyroidism, status post parathyroidectomy, which is currently 0 percent disabling, is restored to 60 percent disabling effective August 1, 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Kentucky
Client granted 100% disability for restrictive lung disease, which increased from 0%.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Washington
Client granted 100% for PTSD effective March 25, 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD effective 2010 and entitlement to special monthly compnesation (SMC) effective 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability for a traumatic brain injury at an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Montana
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) effective 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD effective 2010 and entitlement to special monthly compnesation (SMC) effective 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Michigan
Client granted a combined rating of 100% for a slew of disabilities (including degenerative arthritis, radiculopathy, and coronary artery disease) and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC)
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Arkansas
Client granted an increased rating for PTSD from 50% to 100%, effective 2011. Client also granted an increase in rating for pes planus and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC).
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted service connection for PTSD also claimed as depression and anxiety is granted with an evaluation of 70% effective August 19, 2016, entitlement to Individual Unemployability is granted with an effective date of August 19, 2016 (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in New Mexico
Client granted TDIU, with a new effective date of February 28, 2008, and an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 is granted, with a new effective date of February 28, 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Arkansas
Client granted individual unemployability effective November 5, 2014, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ is granted from March 7, 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted entitlement to 100% disability for ischemic heart disease (IHD) effective 1997 to 2007. Client also granted entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) from 1997 to 2005.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) back to 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Nevada
Client granted entitlement to retroactive concurrent retirement and disability pay (CRDP) compensation back to 2011.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Client granted entitlement to 50% for headaches, effective December 1972.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on a 70% rating for PTSD.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted a 100% rating for PTSD and entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability (TDIU)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Colorado
Client granted an earlier effective date for a 100% rating for loss of use of hands and entitlement to an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation (SMC)
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corp Veteran
in Kentucky
Client granted 100% service connection for chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) effective 2013 and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted 40% service connection for fibromyalgia and entitlement to special monthly compensation effective October 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Pennsylvania
Client granted entitlement to 100% service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder with an effective date of March 2014.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted 100% service connection for bilateral hearing loss, 10% service connection for hearing loss, and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC).
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Michigan
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability due to an increased rating for PTSD and sleep apnea
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Alabama
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and special monthly compensation (SMC) due to an increased rating for acne vulgaris and peripheral neuropathy.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Georgia
Evaluation of herpes simplex 11, which was previously rated 10% disabling, was increased to 30 percent effective April 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in New Mexico
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability with a new effective date of February 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Arkansas
Client granted 70% service connection for major depression effective November 14 and entitlement to individual unemployability with an effective date of November 2014
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Texas
Client granted entitlement to retroactive concurrent retirement and disability pay (CRDP) compensation.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Iowa
Client granted 70% service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder with an effective date of November 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Oregon
Service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was granted with an evaluation of 50 percent effective April 2011
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Washington
Previous denial of service connection for reflux (previously claimed as Iraq Burn Pit) was confirmed and continued along with a previous denial of service connection for restrictive lung disease due to kyphoscoliosis.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corp Veteran
in Florida
The VA determined the Veteran was eligible for disability benefits and granted full benefits based on determination that the Veterans’s character of service did not bar them from receiving VA benefits.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Reduction of disability rating for PTSD from 70% to 50% effective November 2015 determined improper and 70% evaluation restored. Client also granted 20% service connection for osteoarthritis, entitlement to individual unemployability, and entitlement to an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted 30% service connection for PTSD, 20% service connection for a left shoulder strain, and 20% service connection for a right shoulder strain
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Texas
Client granted an increase in service connection for PTSD to 70%, along with multiple conditions related to Agent Orange exposure rated at 30%, 20%, 20%, 20%, 20%, 20%, 20%
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability with an effective date of March 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corp Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD, 10% service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left sacroiliac joint, and 10% service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right sacroiliac joint
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability, effective 2012.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability based on an increased rating for PTSD, which was increased from 10% to 70%
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Louisiana
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability , effective 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nevada
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD and entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) effective November 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corp Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD, leading to the granting of entitlement to individual employability with a backdate of November 2018.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted an increase in service connection due to a Clear and Unmistakable Error (CUE) and an earlier effective date
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corp Veteran
in Oklahoma
Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE) with an effective date in 2005. Client granted entitlement to special monthly compensation, service connection for urinary problems, service connection for difficulty swallowing, service connection for speech changes, service connection for lower extremity bradykinesia with tremor and muscle rigidity, service connection for loss of automatic movements, and service connection for stooped posture
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted 100% service connClient granted 100% service connection for persistent depression (mental health problems), entitlement to special monthly compensation ection for persistent depression (mental health problems), entitlement to special monthly compensation
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corp Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability (effective 2012), increase in rating for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and entitlement to special monthly compensation
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability based on an increased rating for post traumatic stress disorder from 50% to 70%.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted an increase for bilateral hearing loss from 0% to 80%, service connection for Type 2 diabetes, service connection for ischemic heart disease, and service connection for tinnitus
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability due to an increase in coronary artery disease rating (claimed as heart disease due to Agent Orange exposure) from 30% to 60%
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted 100% service cClient granted 100% service connection for a mental health disorder and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistanceonnection for a mental health disorder and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client claim remanded based on Clear and Unmistakable Error (CUE) and increased rating for herpes from 0% to 60%, effective 2011. Client also granted entitlement to Special Monthly Compensation (CUE) for the multiple time periods over the last 7 years.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 100% service connection for bilateral hearing loss, entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC), and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Virginia
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC)
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Washington
Client Granted 100% service connection for PTSD, including depression, and entitlement to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in New Mexico
Client granted an earlier effective date and enitlement to individual unemployability, based on an increase in rating for a back injury
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Oregon
Client granted 60% service connection for kidney disease, 20% service connection for type II diabetes, 40% service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and 40% service connection for knee amputation
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Indiana
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD and 60% service connection for hypertensive heart disease
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in New York
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD based on a decision at the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA)
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in California
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on a 30% service connection for bilateral cataracts, 20% service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and a 20% service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 60% service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and 10% service connection for fibromyalgia
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Alabama
Client granted 20% service connection for a right knee injury, 10% service connection for arthritis of the knee, 20% service connection for thoracolumbar spine degenerative arthritis, 10% service connection for radiculopathy, among other 10% ratings. All ratings were given an effective date in 2007.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 70% service connection PTSD and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Virginia
Client granted 100% service connection for T-cell lymphoma effective October 2010
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted full disability compensation for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) based on a decision at the Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Maine
Client granted 50% service connection for bipolar disorder, 10% service connection for a lumbosacral strain, and 10% service connection for pelvis osteoarthritis
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corp Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted 70% service connection for a psychiatric disability by Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Washington
Client granted 60% service connection for coronary artery disease due to Agent Orange exposure and 20% service connection for type II diabetes
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD and entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) effective November 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 50% service connection for sleep apnea, 40% service connection for fibromyalgia, 40% service connection for angioneurotic edema, 30% service connection for renal dysfunction, and 20% service connection for type II diabetes
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Ohio
Client granted an earlier effective date for PTSD, special monthly compensation (SMC), and Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 70% service connection for bipolar disorder with an evaluation of 70%
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Washington, DC
Client granted 60% service connection for osteoarthritis, 70% service connection for a mental health disorder, and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Nevada
Client granted 70% service connection for a mental health disorder and 50% service connection for sleep apnea.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Washington, DC
Client granted 100% service connection for a mental health disorder effective April 2012
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Education Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Virginia
Client granted retroactive CDRP compensation payment effective in 2015.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Washington, DC
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted 100% service connection for bladder cancer associated with Agent Orange exposure.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted 100% service connection based on a clear and unmistakable error (CUE)
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Iowa
Client granted 100% service connection for asthma, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and chronic bronchitis with an earlier effective date
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Ohio
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Client granted 100% service connection for coronary artery disease and entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) effective in January 2014
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Iowa
Client granted 60% service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, 30% service connection for hypothyroidism, 10% service connection for arthritis of the spine, and 10% service connection for radiculopathy of the right leg.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Virginia
Client granted a retroactive CRDP compensation payment for incorrect retirement/disability pay from May 1, 2008, to May 31, 2020.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Oklahoma
Client granted entitlement to individual unemplyability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 100% service connection due to Agent Orange exposure, 20% service connection for type II diabetes due to Agent Orange exposure, 60% service connection for chronic kidney disease, and entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted 100% service connection for an unspecified mental health disorder and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD, 30% service connection for a left groin disability, 20% service connection for a right shoulder injury, 20% service connection for osteoarthritis of the hip, 10% service connection for a knee injury, 10% service connection for an ankle injury, and 10% service connection for a lower back injury.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Florida
Client granted an increase from 50% to 70% for PTSD, 30% service connection for neuropathy in right arm, 20% service connection for neuropathy in left arm, 20% service connection for neuropathy in left leg, and 10% service connection for tinnitus.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 50% service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Connecticut
Client granted 100% service connection for mental health disorders and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Oklahoma
Client granted 50% service connection for an unspecified anxiety and depressive disorder, 20% service connection for type II diabetes due to Agent Orange exposure, and 10% service connection for neuropathy on both lower extremities.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 100% service connection due to Agent Orange exposure.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted 100% service connection due to Agent Orange exposure.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted individual unemployability due to disabilities arising from Agent Orange exposure.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Washington
Client granted an increase in PTSD rating from 50% to 70%, allowing them to receive individual unempoloyability. Client also granted eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Washington
Client granted 100% combined total service connection.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 100% service connection for coronary artery disease and an earlier effective date for multiple conditions.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability and an earlier effective date for multiple conditions
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Indiana
Client granted an earlier effective date for multiple service connected conditions
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Louisiana
Client granted individual unemployability for PTSD and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Alabama
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD, and an increased rating at an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted 100% service connection for Agent Orange exposure at an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability for a traumatic brain injury at an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD at an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Tennessee
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability with an earlier effective date in 2013.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability with an earlier effective date in 2008.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD at an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted individual unemployability, 70% service connection for PTSD, and 30% for GERD with an earlier effective date for all claims.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted 100% service connection for adenocarcinoma of the lung and an earlier effective date for claims of bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted 100% service connection for scleroderma with an earlier effective date and entitlement to special monthly compensation with an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD, major depressive disorder, and a traumatic brain injury at an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in New York
Client granted individual unemployability with an earlier effective date and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Texas
Client wins appeal to Higher Level Review as an error was discovered in the VA’s duty to assist
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD, entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and basic eligibility to dependents’ educational assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Education Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Oregon
Client granted 80% service connection for bilateral hearing loss based on a clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Illinois
Client granted 100% total rating based on an increase in service connection related to Parkinson’s disease.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in California
Client granted 100% service connection for prostate cancer, entitlement to special monthly compensation, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Iowa
Client granted 100% service connection for Hepatitis C with cirrhosis and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 100% service connection entitlement to Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Maryland
Client granted retroactive CRDP for military retirement pay.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Wisconsin
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in California
Client granted 100% service connection for Clear and Unmistakable Error (CUE) on previous PTSD claim.
Back Pay Recovered for
Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 100% service connection for end stage renal disease, entitlement to special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and basic eligibility to dependents’ educationl assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Washington
Entitlement to an earlier effective date for individual unemployability and Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Mississippi
Client granted 50% service connection for PTSD with an effective date of June, 2010.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Board of Veterans Appeals Win: Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability and entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grand of Dependent’s Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Florida
Client granted 100% service connection based on individual unemployability.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted 100% service connection based on individual unemployability, entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC), and entitlement to an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 100% service connection based on individual unemployability, entitlement to an earlier effective date, service connection for skin cancer, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Alabama
Client granted retroactive CRDP for military retirement pay.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Alabama
Client granted 100% service connection for TDIU, entitlement to special monthly compensation, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Maine
Client granted 100% service connection related to agent orange exposure, entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC), and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Client granted 100% service connection for gout, entitlement to an earlier effective date, and entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC)
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Puerto Rico
Client granted 100% service connection for TDIU and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Louisiana
Client granted individual unemployability, an increase in right foot injuries to 30%, an increase in left foot injuries to 30%, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in South Carolina
Client granted 100% service connection for TDIU, entitlement to special monthly compensation, service connection for bilateral hearing loss at 40%, and an increase in rating for coronary artery disease from 30% to 60%.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Maryland
Client granted service connection for PTSD at 100%, service connection for gastrointestinal conditions at 10%, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Carolina
Client granted an increase in PTSD from 50% to 100%, eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assitance, and entitlement to special monthly compensation.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD, 10% service connection for GERD, 10% service connection for tinnitus, and special monthly compensation.
Back Pay Recovered for
National Guard Veteran
in Texas
Client granted service connection for PTSD at 70%.
Back Pay Recovered for
Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted entitlement to 100% service connection for total disability based on individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in Wyoming
Client granted an increase in arthritis from 10% to 20% in both shoulders, service connection gor GERD at 30%, service connection for lumbar disc replacement at 20%, service connection for carpal tunnel at 20% in both hands, service connection for ankle injury at 10%, service connection for deQuervain’s syndrome at 10%, service conection for radiculopathy at 10% for both lower extremities, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Virginia
Client granted 100% service connection for Parkinson’s disease, loss of use of bilateral upper extremeties, loss of use of bilateral lower extremeties, bowel dysfunction, esophageal dysfunction, bladder dysfunction, and dysphagia.
Back Pay Recovered for
Veteran
in Kansas
Client granted an increase in acquired psychiatric disorder from 50% to 100%, including total disability based on individual unemployability, and entitlement to an earlier effective.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted 100% service connection due to renal carcinoma associated with herbicide exposure, entitlement to an earlier effective date, service connection for sleep apnea at 50%, service connection for cataracts at 20%, and entitlement to special monthly compensation.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Maine
Client granted a clear and unmistakable error in the effective date of service connection, entitlement to individual unemployability, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Florida
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Education Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Florida
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Missouri
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD with an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Ohio
Client granted 50% service connection for rhinosinusitis.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Florida
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Georgia
Client granted total disability based on individual unemployability, PTSD increased from 50% to 70%, and eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Air Force Veteran
in South Carolina
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability, an earlier effective date, and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Marine Corps Veteran
in Colorado
Client granted 100% service connection for PTSD and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted individual unemployability and eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Hawaii
Client granted 50% service connection for PTSD with an effective date of March 2011 and an increase in PTSD from 50% to 70% effective June 2016.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in New York
Client granted individual unemployability due to seizure disorder and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Nebraska
Client granted entitlement to individual uneployability and eligibility to Dependents Education Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Veteran
in Arizona
Client granted 70% service connection for PTSD and entitlement to an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Navy Veteran
in Texas
Client granted 50% service connection for bipolar disorder.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in North Dakota
Client granted entitlement to individual unemployability, an increase in anxiety disorder from 50% to 70%, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Tennessee
Client granted entitlement to individual uneployability, entitlement to special monthly compensation, and entitlement to an earlier effective date.
Back Pay Recovered for
Army Veteran
in Indiana
Client granted entitlement to individual uneployability, PTSD increased from 30% to 50%, right foot sprain increased from 10% to 20%, and basic eligibility to Dependents’ Educational Assistance
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