The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (bipolar disorder) and a gastrointestinal disorder (IBS and GERD) have been granted. The remaining issues, including bilateral hearing loss and TDIU, are remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence of the conditions in question without any presumption or secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (bipolar disorder), gastrointestinal disorder (IBS and GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18160996
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What this means for you
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