The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including OCD and somatic disorder, as well as depressive disorder and anxiety disorder. These conditions are presumed to have existed prior to service.
The deciding factor: There is clear and unmistakable evidence that the preexisting obsessive compulsive disorder existed prior to service entrance and was not aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Somatic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20023052
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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
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