The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and bipolar disorder. The case is remanded to determine if the claimed stressors are verified and to obtain an opinion on whether any current psychiatric disorders relate to service.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (verification of claimed stressors).
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, PTSD with bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0820215
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities were considered permanent and total in nature as of August 6, 2020, which is the earliest date on which she can establish basic eligibility for DEA under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
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