The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, finding a positive nexus to the Veteran's service-connected liver conditions. The claim of entitlement to readjudication based on new and relevant evidence was also granted.
The deciding factor: The private physician and VA examiners provided opinions linking the Veteran's mental health symptoms to his service-connected liver conditions, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxiety, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25037083
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 50 percent for the period from March 28, 2020 to January 19, 2021 and denied a rating in excess of 50 percent from January 19, 2021 to April 12, 2022. The Board also denied a rating in excess of 70 percent from April 13, 2022.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, with cannabis use disorder.
- Dismissed
The appeal contesting the severance of service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression was dismissed, and the claim for service connection for tinnitus was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.
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