The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric condition, including bipolar disorder and mild neurocognitive disorder, is secondary to his service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Board found that the TBI contributed to the development of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The February 2020 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran’s service-connected TBI was one of the etiologies for his psychiatric condition, including mild neurocognitive disorder and bipolar disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric condition, Bipolar disorder, Mild neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20075596
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What this means for you
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