Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating greater than 70 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, granted TDIU from January 8, 2020 to June 19, 2022, and granted DEA benefits effective the same date.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment, but rather supported a 70 percent rating. The Veteran's service-connected disorders collectively precluded all forms of substantially gainful employment from January 8, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood, Pansinusitis, Sinus Headaches, Lumbar Spine Disorder, Left Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Right Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Tinnitus, Chronic Pansinusitis, Left Ear Hearing Loss, Surgical Scar Status Post Back Surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015526
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