The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as the evidence did not support the level of impairment required for these ratings.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated those associated with a 30 percent rating, resulting in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks. The service-connected disabilities did not meet the schedular requirements for TDIU, and there was no evidence that the Veteran was unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected conditions.

Claimed conditions

Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety, Myositis of the Left Shoulder, Bursitis of the Right Toe, Tinea Versicolor, Left Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Right Ankle Sprain, Tinnitus, Painful Laceration of the Skin, Chin Laceration Residuals, Erectile Dysfunction

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 24, 2025

Citation

A25101740

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