Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed mood and denied an effective date prior to March 8, 2016, for the award of special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms did not cause a level of impairment required for a higher rating or earlier effective date for SMC.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016444
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