Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's condition began during active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found in-service incurrence of a psychiatric disorder and a causal relationship between the current disability and the in-service disease or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098379
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