The Board has granted service connection for bipolar disorder with a history of psychosis and denied service connection for substance abuse. The decision is based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and current diagnoses, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's in-service symptoms were consistent with his current diagnosis of bipolar disorder and resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Bipolar Disorder with a history of psychosis, Substance Abuse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19127528
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Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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