The Board has granted service connection for a schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. The Veteran's low back and left elbow disabilities are being remanded to obtain VA treatment records and contemporaneous examinations.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the Veteran's competent and credible account of in-service psychiatric symptomatology and current examination findings supporting his diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. The Board finds that the criteria for service connection have been met due to the continuity of symptomatology since separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type), Lumbosacral strain (low back disability), Left elbow tendinitis (left elbow disability), Status-post nasal fracture with subsequent closed reduction and seprorhinoplasty (nasal fracture disability), Pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1140136
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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.
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- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for an increased rating for pes planus of the left foot as he failed to report for a necessary VA examination without good cause.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's GERD is granted service connection. The claims for pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and obstructive sleep apnea are remanded due to inadequate VA examinations. The PTSD rating is also remanded.
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