The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including an adjustment disorder with anxious mood, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), and generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks, sleep problems, and depressive episodes, is rated at 70 percent from October 25, 2004.
The deciding factor: The Veteran demonstrated symptoms such as suicidal ideation, chronic sleep impairment, feeling depressed, anxious, impaired impulse control, and panic attacks, which supported a 70 percent rating based on occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxious mood, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia), generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks, sleep problems, and depressive episodes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19109293
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Decisions by this judge: 880 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric/psychological condition, to include adjustment disorder with anxious mood, other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, and anxiety due to an inadequate VA medical examination.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxious mood, finding a current disability, in-service treatment, and a causal relationship between the current condition and the in-service anxiety.
- Denied
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