The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, now diagnosed as anxiety-depression reaction with bipolar disorder. The issue of whether he had such a condition in service and if it is related to military service remains under consideration.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (a current diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder), raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- immature personality disorder, anxiety-depression reaction 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 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0921193
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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 remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the AOJ failed to provide the Veteran with an adequate VA examination and medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, and will reconsider the claim based on new service records. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is being evaluated for its relationship to active service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise and thus favoring the Veteran's claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to new and material evidence. The issues of rating for lumbar spine disability and TDIU are remanded as they are inextricably intertwined with the reopening of the psychiatric disability claim.
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