Bipolar disorder decisions — 2019

The Veteran's anxiety disorder and unspecified bipolar disorder are rated at a 70 percent disability rating from July 25, 2013. The initial rating for anxiety disorder is granted from January 19, 2010 to July 25, 2013. A TDIU is granted from the same date.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for right ear hearing loss. The Board has remanded the remaining issues: left chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma, bipolar disorder, vertigo, TBI, and PTSD.

The Veteran's bipolar disorder is rated at 70 percent since May 13, 2013. The claim for an earlier effective date of May 13, 2012 is granted.

The Board has granted the Veteran's application to reopen his claims for service connection of acquired psychiatric disorders, but has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of his conditions.

The Board found no periods of active duty, ACDUTRA, or INACDUTRA service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection due to lack of eligibility.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of bipolar disorder has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence, including a statement from his spouse describing the onset and symptoms of his condition during service. The claim is remanded for further evaluation.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been granted.,The issue of an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected psychiatric disabilities (bipolar effective disorder and general anxiety disorder) is remanded. The TDIU issue is also remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression. The issues of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for bilateral hearing loss and erectile dysfunction have also been remanded. Additionally, the claim for tinnitus is being remanded, as well as the special monthly compensation based on loss of use.

The claim for service connection has been reopened, but the issues of service connection for PTSD, anxiety and mood disorder, bipolar disorder, and depressive neurosis (major depressive disorder) remain pending. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions.

The petition to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD due to military sexual trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, mood disorder, an eating disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder, is denied.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, should be remanded due to insufficient evidence and need for a VA examination.

The Veteran's psoriasis and an acquired psychiatric disorder to include bipolar disorder and anxiety are both granted service connection as they began during active service.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of bipolar disorder. The claim to reopen for an earlier effective date for schizophrenia was granted, but the request for an earlier effective date for schizophrenia is denied. An effective date of May 4, 2009, for claw feet with osteoporosis is granted.

The Board has vacated the April 16, 2019 remand decisions regarding the Veteran's claims for anxiety condition, bipolar disorder, and major depression. The issues are now being remanded due to an error in service dates.

The Veteran's claim is being remanded to obtain a retrospective medical opinion regarding his bipolar disorder prior to the assigned effective date of May 9, 2002.

The Board has remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding service connection for bipolar disorder. The decisions on left and right knee disorders are denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar affective disorder and major depressive disorder, has been reopened. The Board found new and material evidence that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's psychiatric conditions and their relationship to his military service. The Veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, conversion disorder, depression, and anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Disorder (also claimed as psychosis), Depression, Hypertension, and a Renal Disability due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination in March 2015, and the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is now pending.