The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood has been granted a disability rating of 70 percent, effective from February 22, 2013.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s psychiatric symptoms have caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood. The Board found the severity, frequency, and duration of his unlisted symptoms more closely approximated a 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood, Degenerative Arthritis of Thoracolumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2019
- Citation
- A19003501
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What this means for you
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- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as the evidence did not show a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.
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