The veteran's initial rating for adjustment disorder with depressed mood was increased to 70 percent, but no higher.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in relative equipoise regarding whether the service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed mood is productive of occupational and social impairment, with deficiencies in most areas; the preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that the disability is productive of total occupational and social impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0901128
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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