The Board has dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates and ratings related to the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression due to an improperly completed Notice of Disagreement (NOD).
The deciding factor: The NOD was not properly completed as it did not include a signature from the Veteran or his representative.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2026
- Citation
- A26026958
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding the service connection claims for adjustment disorder, causalgia, and a gynecological disability. The rating for adjustment disorder remains denied.
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