The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, dismissed the appeal for a TDIU effective February 22, 2012 as moot, and denied entitlement to a TDIU prior to February 22, 2012.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of total occupational and social impairment necessary for a higher disability rating or TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010276
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