The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for obsessive compulsive disorder and gastrointestinal residuals of intestinal surgery, as well as his claim for a TDIU, were denied by the Board. The denial is based on the current disability ratings assigned.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Gastrointestinal Residuals of Intestinal Surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1824774
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