The Board has determined that the Veteran's schizoaffective bipolar disorder is related to his active military service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's schizoaffective bipolar disorder began during service, with credible assertions from the Veteran supporting this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- schizoaffective bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120945
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to the RO for scheduling a travel board hearing at the Providence, Rhode Island, Regional Office. The Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder will be considered after the hearing.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection and a 100% rating for schizoaffective bipolar disorder was denied. The earliest possible effective date is August 10, 2000, which is when he filed his reopened application.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection and assignment of an initial 100 percent rating for a schizoaffective bipolar disorder. The Board has remanded the case to allow for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for his schizoaffective bipolar disorder, assigning it a 100% rating effective August 10, 2000.
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