The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a chronic acquired psychiatric disability, including bipolar disorder, or hiatal hernia that was incurred in service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show any current psychiatric disability or hiatal hernia during service and there is no competent evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder, hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0215616
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What this means for you
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