Bipolar disorder decisions — 2024

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional medical opinions and notification regarding personal assault claims. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, are being evaluated further.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating for compensation due to service-connected disabilities on an extraschedular basis, effective July 15, 2011.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including bipolar-type schizoaffective disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, are granted as service connected. An initial maximum schedular 30 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome is also granted.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and depression, finding that the Veteran's current psychiatric condition is not related to his active military service.

The Board has reopened the previously denied claim of service connection for anxiety disorder with depressive features and granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and ADHD. The appellant's current psychiatric conditions are found to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral ankle strain rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to July 30, 2019. The Board granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis for this period.

The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, and the Board has remanded both his claim for a higher rating and his TDIU claim due to incomplete development of the record.

The Board has remanded the claim for a VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's diabetes mellitus is related to service-connected bipolar disorder with manic episodes, considering increased insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded as the evidence suggests he may be unemployable due to his service-connected bipolar disorder.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are due to in-service events, and the Board has granted service connection for PTSD.

The Board has denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date prior to March 25, 2008, for the grant of service connection for bipolar I disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. The case is remanded for further action on his claims for increased ratings for his left wrist scars.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for his depressive disorder associated with total right knee arthroplasty is remanded due to the need for clarification regarding whether there are more than one mental health diagnosis present and which symptoms are attributable to each.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for anxiety and bipolar disorder due to incomplete verification of his periods of active duty training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty training (INACDUTRA). The AOJ is instructed to verify these dates, obtain all relevant military records, and any outstanding medical records.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to issues with notification of alternative sources of evidence, verification of in-service personal assault stressor, and obtaining private treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection is pending further development.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for multiple conditions, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, bipolar disorder, and others. The Board dismissed the appeal as a result of the withdrawal.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for bipolar disorder and remanded the case due to the need for additional evidence, including military personnel records, VA treatment records, and hospitalization records.

The Board has denied service connection for PTSD, Major depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder, and Dementia as there is no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as PTSD and bipolar disorder, is granted service connection. A rating of 60 percent for asthmatic bronchitis is granted from October 13, 2022.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, finding that it is due to her active-duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability related to his in-service personality disorder and noting that the Veteran's symptoms presented decades after service. The Board also found that the Veteran did not provide probative medical opinions regarding the etiology of his condition.