The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder with major depression. The claim was reopened based on new and relevant evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders are at least as likely as not related to his military service due to the persistence of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (including bipolar disorder with major depression), personality disorder, autism spectrum disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2020
- Citation
- A20009272
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, including personality disorder and PTSD, is granted as service connected. The Board found the evidence sufficient to grant service connection due to a qualifying event in service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and depression, finding that his symptoms are adequately accounted for by his existing diagnoses of PTSD and major depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied as new and relevant evidence has not been submitted to warrant readjudication.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, ADHD, and personality disorder, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his military service.
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