The Board has granted service connection for Tourette's syndrome and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including OCD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood), finding that the Veteran's conditions clearly and unmistakably preexisted service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA indicated that the Veteran's Tourette's syndrome and acquired psychiatric disorders were not aggravated by his active service, but did preexist service.
- Claimed conditions
- Tourette's syndrome, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including OCD and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2021
- Citation
- 21076876
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What this means for you
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