Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 70 percent for his psychiatric disorder and in excess of 30 percent for his ear disorder, granted a separate 10 percent rating for chronic tinnitus with dizziness and disturbance of balance, and granted individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for higher ratings as they more closely approximated the level of impairment associated with the current ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment disorder, with mixed anxiety and depressed mood (previously rated as somatic symptom disorder), Chronic tinnitus with dizziness and disturbance of balance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104246
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