The Board granted an effective date of April 19, 2017, for the award of a 50 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety, depressed mood, and insomnia disorder but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.
The deciding factor: An April 19, 2017, VA treatment record demonstrated a factually ascertainable increase in severity of the Veteran's psychiatric disability consistent with the pertinent 50 percent rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety, Depressed Mood, and Insomnia, Lumbar Paravertebral Myositis (L3-L4 and L4-L5) with Bulging Discs and Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), Residuals of Fracture Right Ulna (Dominant), Sciatica, Left Lower Extremity, Scar, Status Post Right Bunionectomy, Great Toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2024
- Citation
- 24002082
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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