Granted
The Board granted service connection for bipolar type schizoaffective disorder in sustained remission with severe recurrent major depressive disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's mental health conditions and his military service, despite the absence of contemporaneous records.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar type schizoaffective disorder in sustained remission with severe recurrent major depressive disorder, Parkinson's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106402
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