The Board has determined that the Veteran's OCD is aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The independent medical expert concluded that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's OCD was aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- OCD
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1003768
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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.
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- Partly granted
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