The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date and a higher disability rating for service-connected unspecified adjustment disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not continuously pursue the original claim for service connection, and the severity of symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009352
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's unspecified adjustment disorder is related to his service, and the Board has remanded for further development regarding an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of March 12, 2019 for the grant of service connection for unspecified neurocognitive disorder with unspecified adjustment disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including unspecified adjustment disorder and other specified depressive disorder, as there is no current diagnosis of such disorders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development and examination, including a VA psychiatric and headache disability examination. The issues of increased ratings for service-connected psychiatric and headache disabilities are also remanded.
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