The veteran's adjustment disorder with depressed mood was granted service connection and assigned a 10 percent disability rating effective September 23, 2005. The claim for PTSD remains pending.
The deciding factor: Service connection for PTSD was not addressed in this decision.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0610750
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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