The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorder not otherwise specified, are found to be secondary to her service-connected fibromyalgia. The claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's psychiatric conditions are proximately due to or have been aggravated by her service-connected fibromyalgia.
- Claimed conditions
- MDD, OCD, anxiety disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22012599
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What this means for you
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