The Board granted service connection for bipolar disorder, resolving the benefit of the doubt in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence suggests that the symptoms exhibited during service were actually the early and manic symptoms of bipolar disorder, which began in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar effective disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0902097
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.
What you can do next
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