The Board has determined that the February 1987 rating decision denying service connection for psychotic depression, neurotic depression and borderline personality disorder is based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The Veteran's psychiatric disorders were found to have pre-existed service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was clear and unmistakable evidence of a pre-existing condition, which would have resulted in the denial being reversed or amended.
- Claimed conditions
- psychotic depression, neurotic depression, borderline personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- A19003360
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