The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a neuropsychiatric disability and is now considering whether the claim is well-grounded.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the last final denial supports the presence of current neuropsychiatric disabilities, warranting reopening of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropsychiatric disability, schizophrenia, adjustment disorder, mixed personality disorder with avoidant passive aggressive and paranoid traits, rule-out possible development of bipolar disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, rule-out schizophrenia disorder versus bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, schizoid personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0020068
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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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