The Board grants a disability rating of 70 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, effective July 9, 2015.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximate the symptoms contemplated by a 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22001609
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety as the evidence showed that the symptoms were not severe enough to impact occupational and social functioning or require medication.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, as the evidence did not show functional impairment comparable to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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