The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury, psychiatric disability (including depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and anxiety), and headaches. The Veteran prevails in these reopened claims as his current disabilities are at least in equipoise with service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence now before the Board raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claims for service connection due to the presence of residuals of head injury and psychiatric disability, including depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and anxiety, that are at least in equipoise with service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Head Injury, Psychiatric Disability (including depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and anxiety)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2018
- Citation
- 1800865
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