The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and residual burns, left arm.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion from S.N.C. was more thorough and better addressed secondary service connection, leading to the conclusion that the current disability was proximately caused by or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25056199
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,893 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was dismissed because the benefit sought has been granted in full.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than chronic adjustment disorder, with anxiety and depression, left leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), right leg disability (claimed as nerve damage), and chronic headache disorder (claimed as migraines) to obtain additional evidence.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, has been granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, as well as degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, are being remanded due to inadequate examination reports. Additionally, the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability is also being remanded.
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