The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood is granted as service-connected, and an initial 40 percent rating for TMJ disorder from July 23, 2008 through May 10, 2019 is granted. However, a higher than 50 percent rating for TMJ disorder since May 11, 2019 is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was reopened on new evidence and found to be service-connected. The initial 40 percent rating for TMJ disorder from July 23, 2008 through May 10, 2019 is granted based on the limitation of inter-incisal range.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19188567
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