The Veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and unspecified sleep-wake disorder, effective May 30, 2023. Additionally, the Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected adjustment disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including depressed mood, anxiety, panic attacks, chronic sleep impairment, and impaired judgment, warranted a 70 percent rating. The Veteran was also found unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected adjustment disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, Unspecified Sleep-Wake Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107384
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