The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a psychiatric disorder as a result of an event, injury, or disease during active service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service, including any in-service stressor.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including PTSD and Bipolar Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1039848
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