The veteran's claim for service connection for manic depressive reaction was reopened based on new and material evidence, but the evidence is still insufficient to show that his condition was incurred in or aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: There remains no competent persuasive evidence indicating the veteran experienced relevant psychiatric symptoms while in the military, that he had a psychosis within one year of his discharge from the military, or that his current manic depressive reaction is otherwise related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- manic depressive reaction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0905135
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Decisions by this judge: 2,669 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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