Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral tinnitus. The claims for service connection for bilateral hammertoe deformities and chronic headaches were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a direct link between the Veteran's current adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and her in-service stressors, while the evidence did not support a similar link for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, bilateral hammertoe deformities, chronic headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091194
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