The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for service connection for manic depression, finding no evidence linking the disability to his periods of active duty for training.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence attributing the appellant's current psychiatric disability (bipolar/schizoaffective disorder and panic disorder) to any event during his brief periods of active duty for training.
- Claimed conditions
- manic depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0306479
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