The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD and his adjustment disorder with anxiety is not related to service. Therefore, service connection for a psychiatric disability is denied.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no evidence supporting a diagnosis of PTSD based on service stressors, while other VA evaluations noted diagnoses of depression and adjustment disorder with anxiety that are not directly related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Variously diagnosed psychiatric disorder, Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0927188
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development due to a duty-to-assist error, specifically regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his adjustment disorder with anxiety.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an effective date of May 23, 2022, for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted. The appeal for a higher initial rating for PTSD remains denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating higher than 30 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety has been granted, and he is now rated at 50 percent effective January 29, 2024.
- Denied
The Veteran's application for higher ratings for adjustment disorder with anxiety and bilateral pes planus with metatarsalgia was denied. The Board found that the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
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