Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood. The hypertension rating was denied prior to August 14, 2023, and a higher rating for tinnitus was also denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is causally related to his service-connected low back and lower extremity disabilities. There is no evidence of a compensable rating for hypertension prior to August 14, 2023, and the maximum schedular evaluation for tinnitus has been assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (adjustment disorder with depressed mood), Hypertension, Tinnitus, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Low libido and sex drive
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090160
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