The Board denied the appellant's claims for an increased rating for his service-connected bipolar disorder and for service connection of gastrointestinal disabilities as secondary to his service-connected bipolar disorder due to his failure to report for a scheduled VA psychiatric examination.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to report for a scheduled VA psychiatric examination, which was necessary to determine the current severity of his psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disabilities, Bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0335778
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