The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with anxious mood, finding a current disability, in-service treatment, and a causal relationship between the current condition and the in-service anxiety.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's current psychiatric condition and his in-service anxiety, satisfying all elements of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with anxious mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25049760
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
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal to restore a 50% rating for adjustment disorder with anxious mood, affirming the reduction to a 30% rating.
- Granted
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