Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for anxiety disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder, finding no evidence of a worsening in his condition within one year prior to February 17, 2017.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence indicating a worsening of the Veteran's anxiety disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder within the one-year period prior to February 17, 2017, and the August 2013 rating decision is final.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with obsessive compulsive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25012813
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