The Veteran's appeal includes claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates related to her service-connected ankylosing spondylitis and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression. The Board has found that the VA examinations conducted in March 2018 did not adequately address functional loss due to flare-ups, as required by a recent Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) order.,The Veteran is also seeking an earlier effective date for her service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression.
The deciding factor: VA examinations need to be conducted again to address the functional loss due to flare-ups, as required by a recent CAVC order.
- Claimed conditions
- ankylosing spondylitis, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18141267
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