The Board has determined that the Veteran's bipolar mood disorder is related to his service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Competent medical opinions indicate a relationship between the Veteran's current bipolar mood disorder and his service, including combat stress and alcoholism.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar mood disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0914640
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to determine if the Veteran had a service-connected disability at the time of discharge, which would have justified her discharge.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including bipolar mood disorder, depression, and anxiety, as these conditions are found to have been incurred during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination and consideration of his mental health treatment records.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and therefore service connection cannot be established.
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