The Board granted an increased initial rating of 70 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and insomnia disorder, but denied higher ratings or service connection for other conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, justifying a 70 percent rating under the general rating formula for mental disorders. Other claims were denied due to insufficient evidence of compensable visual impairment, incapacitating episodes, or other required criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood, and Insomnia Disorder, Chronic Allergic Conjunctivitis, to include Retinal Lattice Degeneration with Atrophic Holes and Open-Angle Glaucoma, Lumbosacral Strain, Right Hip Iliopsoas Tendonitis (for Painful Motion, plus Any Limitation of Abduction, Adduction, and/or Rotation), Right Hip Iliopsoas Tendonitis (Limitation of Extension), Right Hip Iliopsoas Tendonitis (Limitation of Flexion), Left Knee Anterior Surgical Scar, Left Knee Patellar Chondromalacia with Meniscal Tear, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064310
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to in-service noise exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus due to a lack of jurisdiction.
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