The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety and remanded other issues for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment, thus a higher rating was not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety, Cervical Strain, Lumbosacral Strain, Neurological Disorder of the Right Upper Extremity (secondary to Cervical Strain), Neurological Disorder of the Right Lower Extremity (secondary to Lumbosacral Strain)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25006397
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's adjustment disorder with anxiety was granted a 70 percent evaluation since March 6, 2023, but the claim for an increased evaluation in excess of 30 percent prior to that date was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased evaluation of 70 percent for the service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but remanded other issues for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for posttraumatic stress disorder with substance abuse and a rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain.
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