The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral ankle, left elbow, and eczema disabilities.
The deciding factor: The private clinician opined that the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms were due to his chronic pain and skin disability, and this opinion was found to be probative.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25024218
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,677 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and therefore a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his psychiatric disorder is denied as the symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that there was no credible evidence of in-service events leading to current mental health conditions.
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