Bipolar disorder decisions — 2011

The Board found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, are not related to his military service and denied service connection for these conditions.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Board has determined that additional development is required due to insufficient evidence to decide the case at present and remanded the case for further action.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, effective from March 1, 2005.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional VA records and arranging for a psychiatric examination to determine the likely etiology of the Veteran's current psychiatric disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder. The decision was based on the lack of evidence linking the condition to his military service. The new and material evidence received did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Veteran's variously diagnosed psychiatric disability, including anxiety disorder and mixed bipolar disorder, is found to be related to his military service. Service connection for this condition is granted.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a new VA psychiatric examination to determine the current severity of his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and the need for additional development, including obtaining treatment records from post-service incarceration periods.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bipolar disorder, manic depression, and PTSD is granted. The initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if the appellant was permanently incapable of self-support by her eighteenth birthday in June 1973, and to obtain employment records and Social Security Administration records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bipolar and panic disorders were first manifested during her active duty service and have continued since then, granting her claim for service connection.

The Board found no evidence of a current psychiatric disability that is related to service, including bipolar disorder and panic disorder.

The Board finds that the evidence is at least in a state of relative equipoise in showing that an acquired psychiatric disorder, presently manifested by bipolar disorder II, mixed, was as likely as not incurred in or aggravated by active service. Service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and treatment records. The Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability remains pending.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bipolar disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, finding no evidence of a nexus between his current psychiatric disabilities and his military service.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including manic depression, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. The Board has ordered a new VA examination to determine if her service-connected TMJ with myofascial pain caused or aggravated her psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including post-operative herniated disc of the lumbar spine with left sciatica, degenerative arthritis of the right knee, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, status post amputation of the left little finger, bipolar disorder, tinnitus, asbestosis, and tinnitus, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has determined that Huntington's disease and bipolar disorder were not incurred or aggravated by active service, and thus denied the Veteran's claims for these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that his personality disorder existed prior to service and did not increase in severity during service. The acquired psychiatric disorders were not related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bipolar disorder is due to disease or injury incurred in service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.