The VA Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than his service-connected bipolar disorder (now, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type), and headaches. The evidence does not support a finding of such conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence to support the presence of any other acquired psychiatric disorders other than the Veteran's service-connected bipolar disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, OCD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2015
- Citation
- 1544768
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type was dismissed due to her death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Dismissed
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