The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for a nervous disorder, currently diagnosed as bipolar disorder. The claim is now decided on its merits.,Service connection for hypertension, heart condition, migraine headaches, and blocked arteries is denied because there is no evidence of these conditions during service or that they are related to tobacco use.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current diagnosis of bipolar disorder cannot be dissociated from his in-service anxiety neurosis.,There is no evidence of hypertension, heart condition, migraine headaches, and blocked arteries during service. The veteran was a non-smoker at the time of discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, heart condition, migraine headaches, blocked arteries
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2004
- Citation
- 0419725
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