The Board found that the reduction of the evaluation for obsessive compulsive disorder from 50 percent to 10 percent was proper, based on the current mild impairment and no significant loss of social or occupational functioning.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms have improved with treatment, resulting in a reduced level of disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0213644
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- 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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