The Veteran is granted a 100 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, panic disorder, and TBI from August 10, 2018 to June 25, 2021, and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate from August 10, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated total occupational and social impairment for the entire appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood, Panic Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033297
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), as the Veteran's symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 70 percent disability rating for the veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to his service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, as the evidence did not show that he was unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.
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