The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for psychiatric disability, which includes diagnoses of bipolar affective disorder, agoraphobia with panic attacks, and atypical psychosis. The Board also found that these conditions had their onset during the veteran's active military service.
The deciding factor: The July 2000 VA examination report provided a diagnosis linking the current psychiatric disability to the veteran's service, including symptoms such as nausea, disorientation, and what was thought to be psychosis at the time of service. The examiner opined that the veteran had been damaged since his discharge from service and had become increasingly worse.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar affective disorder, agoraphobia with panic attacks, atypical psychosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0203663
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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