The Board has denied service connection for the Veteran's mental health disability, specifically adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood, as there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's current mental health disability had its onset during or was aggravated by his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2023
- Citation
- 23045478
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include other specified anxiety disorder and/or adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood, due to a need for additional evidence.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to April 19, 2017 for the increased 70 percent evaluation of their service-connected unspecified trauma-related disorder with adjustment disorder with mixed anxious and depressed mood has been dismissed as the Board has already adjudicated these issues in July 2021 and March 2023.
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