The Board granted service connection for obsessive compulsive disorder, finding a link to the Veteran's active military service. The right hip pain claim was remanded for further evidence.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided credible evidence that the Veteran's obsessive-compulsive disorder is related to his in-service stressors during SAR school training.
- Claimed conditions
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25042583
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for a mental health condition and denied service connection for an eye condition. The claims for autoimmune limbic encephalitis with non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (NPLE) with GAD65 antibodies and dystonia and dystonic tremor were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder as secondary to the left knee disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, bilateral eye disorder, rhinitis, and left ear hearing loss.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for the service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder from October 28, 2011.
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