The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood, is granted service connection. The initial compensable disability rating for traumatic arthritis status-post non-displaced fracture of the right fifth toe remains at 0 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence showing a current diagnosis and an in-service injury related to military sexual trauma (MST).
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 7, 2026
- Citation
- A26031507
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation A26031507.
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 a TDIU from November 21, 2014 to November 3, 2016 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and following any substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (adjustment disorder with depressed mood). The criteria for these conditions were met as they began during service and have continued since.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
Free starter guide for your own claim
Reading this because you were denied or under-rated? Get the plain-English next steps — your appeal options, the deadline that protects you, and how appeals like yours turn out. One email, no spam.
We will only use this to send the guide. No spam, unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.