The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder was granted, with a rating of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The RO recharacterized the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability as an obsessive-compulsive disorder with PTSD evaluated at 30 percent disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0033419
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions and a higher disability rating for anxiety disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for increased ratings or additional service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder to provide her with another opportunity to attend a new VA mental health examination.
- Granted
The Board grants the appeal in full, granting service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder recurrent moderate with anxious distress, unspecified depressive disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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