The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his pre-existing depression was aggravated by incidents of his military service and leading to his current bipolar affective disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran had depression prior to entering service and that this condition was aggravated by incidents during service, which led to his current diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2003
- Citation
- 0320924
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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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