The Court has ruled that service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including intermittent explosive disorder, is warranted based on its onset during service. The Board's decision has been reversed and the claim is granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on inservice incurrence of intermittent explosive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- intermittent explosive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2015
- Citation
- 1522076
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating and an earlier effective date for her service-connected intermittent explosive disorder (IED) to include insomnia was granted. She also received a TDIU from September 19, 2013.
- Granted
The Veteran's intermittent explosive disorder is rated at 70 percent, and the Board has denied a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the period prior to May 12, 2023, and a rating in excess of 70 percent from May 12, 2023.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran did not file claims for major depression, intermittent explosive disorder, diabetes, tinnitus, and bilateral feet conditions. The Board also denied a higher rating and an earlier effective date for bronchial asthma.
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