The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of bipolar disorder with psychotic episodes due to new and material evidence. Service connection is granted for this condition. The low back disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability are not found to be related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided credible testimony regarding his experiences during boot camp which led to current psychiatric symptoms, and a private provider opined that the current psychiatric disability was caused by or related to his military service. For the low back disability, there is no evidence showing an injury occurred during ACDUTRA or INACDUTRA. The right hip and left hip disabilities are not found to be secondary to the claimed low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder with psychotic episodes, low back disability, right hip disability, left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18122810
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