The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression.,Service connection was denied for a periodontal disease due to lack of evidence linking the condition to service. However, the Board also granted service connection for the same condition on a limited basis for purposes of establishing eligibility for VA outpatient dental treatment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay statements and medical opinions established that her current psychiatric disorder had its onset during service or was otherwise associated with service.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, periodontal disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2026
- Citation
- A26014958
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, which the Veteran contends is related to in-service psychological events. The decision finds that there were such events during service and that they are etiologically related to the current condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further review of his claims, including a rating adjustment and effective date determination.
- Granted
The Veteran's periodontal disease is service-connected for treatment purposes only, given his current 100% schedular evaluation.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new evidence received after the August 2019 rating decision supports a grant of service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
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