The Veteran's appeal is denied as there is no current diagnosis of traumatic brain injury. The adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and alcohol abuse has been rated at 50 percent from August 24, 2012, to March 4, 2015, and at 70 percent from March 5, 2015, to May 12, 2015. The Veteran's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support current diagnoses of traumatic brain injury or total occupational and social impairment due to suicidal ideation or inability to establish and maintain effective relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and alcohol abuse
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2018
- Citation
- 1823820
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