The Board granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, finding that her symptoms caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of suicidal ideation, among others, warranted a higher rating than the previously assigned 50 percent, but not a total rating.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety, chronic/major depressive disorder, single episode, severe/unspecified personality disorder (claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder caused by military sexual trauma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064087
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for a procedural defect related to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of adjustment disorder with anxiety.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, celiac disease with cyclic vomiting syndrome, adjustment disorder with anxiety, PTSD, and ulnar and median neuropathy of the right upper extremity as they were essentially identical to previous denials.
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