The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disability, other than PTSD, originated during his service and is therefore granted as it meets the criteria for direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion supports a finding of service origin for the veteran's current psychiatric disability, which aligns with the events he experienced in service and subsequent symptoms reported post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability other than post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0915273
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with a recent Court decision, including consideration of new evidence and possible issuance of an SSOC.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. The appeal also addressed whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen claims for a chronic disability manifested by joint aches (claimed as osteoarthritis) and PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD for further development, including obtaining an additional medical opinion and updating VA treatment records.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disability did not originate in service and denied his claim for service connection. The lung disability was also denied, as there is no evidence linking it to service. The skin cancer claim remains pending.
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