The Board found that the claim of service connection for obsessive compulsive disorder is not well grounded because there was no evidence linking the condition to active duty, despite a history of alcohol abuse.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report did not consider the veteran's pre-service history of alcohol abuse and thus could not provide an etiological link between the current obsessive compulsive disorder and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0011292
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, obsessive compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and persistent depressive disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left knee, cervical spine, lumbar spine, and sciatic radiculopathy disabilities but denied increased ratings for the psychiatric disorder and other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's obsessive-compulsive disorder, finding that the symptoms more closely approximate a 50 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for obsessive compulsive disorder (service-connected psychiatric disability) and remanded the issue of entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
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