The Board found that the reduction in the disability rating for the service-connected chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety from 50 percent to 30 percent was proper based on improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated improvement in the Veteran's ability to function, which justified reducing his disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 4, 2024
- Citation
- A24052552
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues related to the Veteran's service connection for a chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety. The first issue is about determining an appropriate effective date, the second concerns the initial rating assigned, and the third relates to entitlement to TDIU prior to February 27, 2012.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety is granted a disability rating of 70 percent, effective July 9, 2015. The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's disability rating for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety was granted at a 50 percent level. The matter of TDIU is remanded due to incomplete information regarding the Veteran's employment status.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, diabetic nephropathy, bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, and status post shrapnel injuries, have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU rating.
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