The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as they did not result in deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033306
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 703 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychomotor epilepsy with brain mass, effective October 25, 2021.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood due to withdrawal by the Veteran's representative.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to assess the appellant's mental state leading up to his discharge from service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood but denied service connection for vertigo as secondary to tinnitus.
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