The Veteran's bronchitis is rated at 30 percent and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood is rated at 70 percent. Both conditions are denied as the evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran’s service-connected conditions met the criteria for an increased rating based on either PFT results or intermittent courses of systemic corticosteroids.
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchitis, Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18143822
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for asbestosis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for the veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to his service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the evidence did not show that he was unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.
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