The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder with anxious distress and bipolar disorder, first manifested during service. Service connection is granted for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding of an in-service onset of the Veteran’s psychiatric disorders, which are considered to be secondary to childhood trauma but also aggravated by military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Major depressive disorder with anxious distress, Bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179402
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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- Partly granted
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