Service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood has been granted.,A compensable rating of 10 percent is granted for the left hand fourth finger strain status post injury (left finger disability).,A higher than 10 percent rating is denied for the left wrist condition status post fracture (left wrist disability).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was diagnosed within one year of separation from service, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under VA law.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood"}, {"condition_name":"Left Hand Fourth Finger Strain Status Post Injury (left finger disability)"}, {"condition_name":"Left Wrist Condition Status Post Fracture (left wrist disability)"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19167209
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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.
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