The Board has granted service connection for obsessive-compulsive disorder but denied service connection for a right leg disability. The veteran's OCD is found to have its onset during service, while his right leg disability is not considered related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's OCD was likely caused by stressors in service, while there was no evidence of a current right leg disability related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Right leg disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0416187
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