The Board has granted the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including manic depression. The decision grants this claim as it is determined that the veteran's psychiatric symptoms have been aggravated by his already service-connected multiple orthopedic disabilities.
The deciding factor: The chronic pain and other orthopedic disabilities associated with the veteran's service-connected conditions have exacerbated his psychiatric symptoms, specifically his dysthymia and impulse control disorder (intermittent explosive disorder).
- Claimed conditions
- manic depression
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0214051
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