The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and insomnia is currently rated at 70 percent, effective from the date of the decision.,The Veteran meets the schedular requirements for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and insomnia is rated at its highest possible level (70 percent), which satisfies the requirement of having one condition rated at least 40 percent disabling for TDIU purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety, Depression, and Insomnia, Ethmoid Sinusitis, Degenerative Thoracic Spine Disease, Bilateral Hammertoes (each foot)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22043886
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