The Veteran's OCD symptoms have most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent rating. However, the evidence does not reflect total occupational and social impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of difficulty establishing and maintaining effective work and social relationships, suicidal ideation, chronic sleep impairment, disturbances of motivation and mood, anxiety, depressed mood, suspiciousness, flattened affect, impaired impulse control, reduced concentration, and intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living have most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Social Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22063224
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