The Veteran's claim for a rating of 100 percent for OCD, with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, and panic disorder is granted. The issue of a rating in excess of 40 percent for service-connected lumbar spondylolisthesis (back disability) prior to October 23, 2020, and 100 percent thereafter remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's OCD resulted in total occupational and social impairment during the appeal period, warranting a rating of 100 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Major Depressive Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder, Panic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24008520
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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.
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