The Board has determined that the Veteran's 'other specified bipolar disorder' originated during active service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise as to whether the psychiatric disability originated during active service, thus granting service connection based on direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22017261
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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