The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder renders him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the claim for nonservice-connected pension is dismissed as moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression results in significant occupational impairment due to persistent delusions or hallucinations and inability to maintain stable work relationships.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, bilateral dry eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20001654
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines and remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral dry eyes and rectal bleeding due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, due to outstanding service treatment records and the need for a more adequate VA examination.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the proposed reduction from 70 percent to 30 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression was dismissed because it was not a final decision.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for bilateral dry eyes is dismissed as the claim was fully granted in a previous Board decision.
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