NAVY | BCNR | CY2002 | 07295-02
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 21 February 2003. Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your application, together with all material submitted in support thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations and policies. Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate the existence of probable...
NAVY | BCNR | CY2008 | 04018-08
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, sitting in executive session, considered your application on 19 March 2009. The Board concluded that your receipt of substantial disability ratings from the VA effective the day after you were discharged from the Navy is not probative of the existence of error or injustice in your Navy record. Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate...
ARMY | DRB | CY2005 | 20050002917
The request of the applicant and his counsel that he receive a medical discharge based on a 30% disability rating, which in effect is a request to review the PEB findings and recommendations made in his case, and the supporting documents submitted were carefully considered. The evidence of record confirms the applicant was properly processed through the PDES in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, and was separated with severance pay by reason of physical disability based on...
AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-00360
Left Wrist Condition. The Board therefore has no reasonable basis for recommending any additional unfitting conditions for separation rating. In the matter of the right knee pain, right ankle pain, and left knee pain conditions or any other medical conditions eligible for Board consideration, the Board unanimously agrees that it cannot recommend any findings of unfit for additional rating at separation.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00281
The VA rated it using the code for ankle, limited range-of-motion (ROM) and rated the nerve condition separately as well. The Left Sural Nerve Neuralgia was not documented prior to second surgery (tendon repair) and the CI was not referred to the PEB until after he had left foot pain in addition to his left ankle pain. The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating XXXXXXXXXX be corrected to show that the diagnoses in his finding of unfitness were Chronic Left...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00494
Flexion (140⁰ normal)“approximately 0 to 125⁰”100⁰110⁰Extension (0⁰ normal)0⁰0⁰CommentVarus deformity, palpable femoral osteophytes, scar, crepitus, TTP, no instability (including Lachman’s), neg McMurray’s, mildly pos patellar grind3+ effusion, TTP (medial joint line & lat epicondyle), 30 ml normal joint fluid aspirated, steroid injected; Hx incr pain & effusion due to moving over last 2-3 wks, no lockingPainful motion, crepitus, scar nontender, no instability (including Lachman’s), neg...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00179
The VA did rate this condition at 20%. While there was no instability or decreased flexion of the knee at the time of separation from service, the CI did have painful motion of the right knee. The Board also considered Peyronie’s disease with Erectile Dysfunction and Dupuytren‘s Contractures and found no evidence to support a determination that these conditions were unfitting at the time of separation from service and therefore no disability rating is applied.
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00480
He was on two periods of limited duty for his right shoulder and he was then referred to the Navy Physical Evaluation Board (PEB). Other conditions rated by the VA (left knee, right knee and Anxiety Disorder) as well as heart condition and right wrist not rated by the VA appear to be what the CI is contending for in addition to re-rating his right shoulder. Service Treatment Record.
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00513
In TDRL cases, the Board must also adhere to the DES standard that only those conditions which were present and unfitting at the time of temporary retirement may be considered for compensation and rating at the time of permanent separation or retirement. Left Knee Condition. The VA reviewed both of these examinations as well as its own C&P examination and determined an overall 30% rating.
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00260
Bilateral Knee Condition . All evidence considered, the Board recommends that each knee be separately adjudicated as unfitting, coded 5299-5259 and rated 10%. In the matter of the bilateral knee condition, the Board by a vote of 2:1 recommends that each joint be separately adjudicated as follows: an unfitting right knee condition coded 5299-5259 and rated 10%; and, an unfitting left knee condition coded 5299-5259 and rated 10%; both IAW VASRD §4.71a.