Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability was dismissed as the benefit sought on appeal has been granted in full.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 rating decision granted entitlement to service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, which represents a full grant of the benefit sought on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability, Left ankle disability, Left knee disability, Bilateral plantar fascial fibromatosis, Scarring alopecia/pilar cysts removal (previously rated as cystic skin disorder to include history of scars)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016408
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