The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety has been rated at 50 percent, effective from the date of claim. The rating is based on occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated the criteria for a 50 percent disability rating due to his manifested symptomatology including irritability, frequent panic attacks, anxiety, disturbances of mood and motivation, and social withdrawal.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Depression and Anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1447987
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded a claim for service connection due to insufficient evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD, MDD, adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety, and anxiety disorder, is being remanded due to the submission of new evidence that may affect the outcome.
- Granted
The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed depression and anxiety is granted effective from January 10, 2017. A rating of 100% is assigned for this period.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted, as the current effective date (December 27, 2011) has already been assigned.
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