The Board has remanded three issues related to the Veteran's service connection for a chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety. The first issue is about determining an appropriate effective date, the second concerns the initial rating assigned, and the third relates to entitlement to TDIU prior to February 27, 2012.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the AOJ committed a pre-adjudication duty to assist error by not obtaining a retrospective medical opinion to determine when the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety first arose. The issues are inextricably intertwined and require further examination to address these matters.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2026
- Citation
- A26030974
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the reduction in the disability rating for the service-connected chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety from 50 percent to 30 percent was proper based on improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety is granted a disability rating of 70 percent, effective July 9, 2015. The severity, frequency, and duration of the Veteran's symptoms most closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's disability rating for chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety was granted at a 50 percent level. The matter of TDIU is remanded due to incomplete information regarding the Veteran's employment status.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, diabetic nephropathy, bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, and status post shrapnel injuries, have rendered him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU rating.
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