The Veteran's service-connection claim for bipolar disorder was reopened, and the Board found that her acquired psychiatric disability began during active service. The decision grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a link between the Veteran's current mood disorder with anxiety and her service period.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder, mood disorder, anxiety
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20072640
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
The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues for further development.
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