ARMY | BCMR | CY2008 | 20080017498
For periods before 1 January 2004 (the date this statute was amended), members had to have disabilities for which they have been awarded the Purple Heart and are rated at least 10 percent disabled or who are rated at least 60 percent disabled as a direct result of armed conflict, specially hazardous duty, training exercises that simulate war, or caused by an instrumentality of war. Notwithstanding the applicant's contention, there is no evidence in the available record and the applicant has...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012 01365
Subsequently after two TDRL periodic exams, the PEB determined the CI’s left lower leg DVT to be stable and unfitting and at this time also determined the CI’s condition to be “post phlebitic syndrome” rated 10%. CI CONTENTION : “Per the findings of my Physical Evaluation Board Proceeding dated 17 Nov 2002, my combined disability rating was rated at 40% category I unfitting conditions. Both the PEBand the VA used the same code:7121, with the PEB rating the condition 10%and the VA rating it...
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-00663
Although the pulmonary scans and pulmonary hypertension were improving, the CI had continued shortness of breath and had a diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic disease. The Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) adjudicated primary hypercoagulable state, on lifelong anticoagulation condition as unfitting (with contributing category II chronic thromboembolic disease and venous stasis) and the CI was rated at 40% and placed on the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL). Exhibit C. Department of...
AF | PDBR | CY2012 | PD2012-00250
The Board’s role is confined to the review of medical records and all evidence at hand to assess the fairness of PEB rating determinations, compared to VASRD standards, based on severity at the time of separation. Examination of the lower extremities was recorded as normal. In the matter of the Factor II Mutation condition and IAW VASRD §4.104, the Board unanimously recommends no change in the PEB adjudication.
AF | PDBR | CY2011 | PD2011-01024
The conditions of history of deep vein thrombosis of the right and left lower extremities with post-phlebetic syndrome and chronic venous insufficiency as requested for consideration are the residuals that, IAW with the VASRD, should be used to rate the unfitting condition of heterozygous factor V Leiden deficiency and therefore they meet the criteria prescribed in DoDI 6040.44 for Board purview; and are addressed below, as part of the review of the rating for the unfitting condition. ...
NAVY | BCNR | CY2006 | 05829-06
Accordingly, the Board recommends the following corrective action. That Petitioner’s naval record be corrected to show that his disability rated by the VA under code 5312 for status/post left anterior tibia gunshot wound, was caused by an instrumentality of war, and that he is entitled to combat-related special compensation for that condition. It is certified that a quorum was present at the Board’s review and deliberations, and that the foregoing is a true and complete record of the...
AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-00863
I then went before the formal board and received 10% with a disability code of 7121 which allows up to 30% disability rating which would have allowed me to retire.” In block 14 of the DD Form 294 he notes: “The following is the VA decision on disability: I was rated at 60% disabled with the following determinations: Right Kidney Cortical Atrophy with Compensatory Left Kidney Hypertrophy with Residual Thinning & Scarring, Aortic Valve Insufficiency with Regurgitation, Mitral Valve...
AF | PDBR | CY2013 | PD2013 00864
SUMMARY OF CASE : Data extracted from the available evidence of record reflects that this covered individual (CI) was an active duty SSGT/E-6 (3381/Food Service Specialist) medically separated for recurrent deep venous thrombosis (DVT).The CI reportedly had his first episode of DVT (a clot in a large leg vein), left lower extremity (LLE), in 1985. The Board determined that the DVT in either leg, in the presence of the requirement for lifelong anti-coagulation, was separately unfitting and...
AF | PDBR | CY2009 | PD2009-00157
Chronic, Persistent Deep Venous Thrombosis/Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism/Hypercoagulable State requiring chronic use of anticoagulants: The CI served in the U.S. Marine Corps between 1987 and 1991 on active duty. VA treatment records revealed that in January 2009, the CI was admitted for another pulmonary embolism. Either condition alone would require Coumadin use.
AF | PDBR | CY2010 | PD2010-01188
The PEB adjudicated the LLE condition as unfitting, rated 10%, with application of the Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD). In the army, I was given migraine headache medications and so I claimed the condition that I actually got treatment for. The Board evaluates DVA evidence proximal to separation in arriving at its recommendations, but its authority resides in evaluating the fairness of DES fitness decisions and rating determinations for disability at the...