The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating of 70 percent for service-connected Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood is granted. The remaining issues are remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's adjustment disorder was found to meet the criteria for a 70 percent disability rating based on occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, including work, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood, Crohn's Disease with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Right Shoulder Impingement Syndrome and Rotator Cuff Tendonitis, Right Knee Tenosynovitis, Left Knee Tenosynovitis, Right Ankle Tenosynovitis, Left Ankle Tenosynovitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 29, 2026
- Citation
- A26040337
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinions in the current file, and thus the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability will be reconsidered with new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is needed to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, and the Veteran should be afforded a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disorders.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, finding that his current condition is related to events during his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's mental health disability, specifically Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood, is now rated at 70 percent from January 20, 2023. This decision grants the Veteran a higher initial rating for his condition.
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