The Board has granted the Veteran's request to readjudicate his claim for service connection for adjustment disorder, chronic, with mixed anxiety and depressed mood based on new evidence. The Veteran's condition is related to his active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current adjustment disorder, chronic, with mixed anxiety and depressed mood first manifested during service and was directly related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder, chronic, mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24023473
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, was granted effective March 5, 2024. The Board found that the Veteran had continuously pursued his claim since December 13, 2022, and thus awarded a retroactive effective date of December 13, 2022.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for adjustment disorder, chronic, with mixed anxiety and depressed mood (claimed as PTSD) because no new and relevant evidence was submitted to readjudicate the claim.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating for adjustment disorder, chronic with mixed and depressed mood and insomnia disorder before the Board could make a decision.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that the symptoms began during active service.
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