The Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood has been characterized by symptoms resulting in occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a rating of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms have not increased but rather remained stable throughout the appeals period, leading to a finding that his condition does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1327035
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood and migraines are being remanded due to the failure to provide proper notice and scheduling of VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection and initial disability ratings for the veteran's psychiatric disorder, back disability, bilateral leg radiculopathy, right shoulder, right knee, left ankle, and irritable bowel syndrome.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, as no evidence supported a date prior to February 29, 2008.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, is due to service. The claim for service connection is therefore granted.
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