The Board granted a 70 percent rating for an adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, effective February 4, 2020, but denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation and difficulty adapting to stressful circumstances.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety and Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24069004
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 a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, finding that the evidence supports occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms such as suicidal ideation, impaired impulse control, grossly inappropriate behavior, and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted SMC based on the need for aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.
- Partly granted
The appeal of the finding of a duty to assist (DTA) error during higher-level review (HLR) for an acquired psychiatric disorder and the February 26, 2024 VA letter informing the Veteran that he must use the proper Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) form for readjudication of his claim of entitlement to service connection for sinusitis were dismissed. The appeal of service connection for sinusitis and spine-related paresthesia was denied, while claims for other conditions were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, a compensable disability rating for erectile dysfunction, and remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain.
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