The reduction in the disability rating for adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features from 30 percent to zero percent was not proper, and a restoration of a 30 percent rating is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms had resolved and he no longer met criteria for a mental disorder under DSM-5.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Emotional Features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23067777
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle strain and instability, but denied service connection for right shoulder, left shoulder, left foot, and right foot disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features is granted at a 70 percent rating, effective from the date of the July 2019 rating decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's PTSD was previously rated at 30%, and the Board denied a higher rating, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 50%.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination to address the diagnosis and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD. The examiner must consider the significance of the Veteran's medical history and provide opinions on whether any condition is related to service or stressor events.
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