Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for adjustment disorder, to include mixed anxiety with depressed mood and insomnia disorder, but denied a higher rating for lumbar anterior fusion. The claims for service connection for right knee strain and left knee meniscal tear were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's adjustment disorder symptoms caused occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, while the lumbar anterior fusion did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar anterior fusion, adjustment disorder, to include mixed anxiety with depressed mood and insomnia disorder, right knee strain, left knee meniscal tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099018
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