The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood resulted in occupational and social impairment prior to April 21, 2018. From April 21, 2018, the disability resulted in total social and occupational impairment warranting a 100% rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms from April 21, 2018, indicated total social and occupational impairment, meeting the criteria for a 100% rating under Diagnostic Code 9411.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- June 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19146530
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
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