The Veteran's claim for service connection for other specified personality disorder and/or borderline personality disorder is denied, while her claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (bipolar disorder) is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s current acquired psychiatric disorder began in service or is causally related to service, particularly her MST in service.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder (bipolar disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20078879
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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