Bipolar disorder decisions — 2002

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that his bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders were not incurred or aggravated during service.

The veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically major depression and bipolar disorder, was productive of occupational and social impairment prior to March 23, 2000. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating than 70 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and bipolar disorder, both claimed as secondary to his service-connected left ankle fracture.

The Board has granted an initial 100 percent schedular rating for bipolar disorder effective from January 4, 1990. The issue of earlier effective date for TDIU award is now moot due to the grant of a higher rating.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for bipolar disorder and found that new evidence supports this reopening. The claim is now considered on its merits, but the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of service connection.

The Board granted an effective date of June 5, 1995 for a 100 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected schizoaffective disorder with paranoid and bipolar components. The decision found that the earliest date ascertained was August 31, 1992.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bipolar disorder first manifested during active service and is therefore granted service connection.

The veteran's major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder have been found to result in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent disability rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bipolar disorder is attributable to military service, and thus grants her claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bipolar disorder, which is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, warrants a 100 percent rating due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a chronic acquired psychiatric disability, including bipolar disorder, or hiatal hernia that was incurred in service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.

The Board found that the veteran's preexisting bipolar disorder was aggravated by periods of active duty for training, and granted service connection.

The Board found that the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder was not warranted, as there was no clear and unmistakable error in previous decisions or good cause to extend time limits.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of 70 percent for bipolar affective disorder with alcohol dependence, effective November 9, 1995, was granted. The issue of a rating in excess of 50 percent for the same condition from January 1, 1993 to November 8, 1995 remains pending.

The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for bipolar disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected bipolar disorder contributed substantially or materially to his death, caused by complications of chronic renal failure due to long-term Lithium therapy.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, and borderline personality disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a psychiatric disorder previously diagnosed as dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bipolar disorder had its onset during his period of active duty and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board granted the veteran's claim for a 50 percent evaluation for his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder to include an acquired psychotic condition, an organic amnestic syndrome as a residual of a head injury, bipolar disorder and PTSD. The effective date was set at February 18, 2002.