Bipolar disorder Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder and PTSD, finding that the Veteran's current mental health conditions are not related to her military service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, right hand arthritis, and pes planus due to a lack of VA examination in some cases.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder, PTSD, persistent depressive disorder, and alcohol use disorder, as secondary to his service-connected bilateral tibia bipartite sesamoid.

The Veteran's claim for a higher evaluation for PTSD with bipolar disorder, panic disorder, alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder, and traumatic brain injury was denied as there is no legal basis for a higher schedular rating.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 13, 2025, for the grant of a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD with bipolar disorder, panic disorder, alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder, and traumatic brain injury was denied as it is not factually ascertainable that his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorders were manifested by total occupational and social impairment within one year of the February 7, 2025 claim.

The Veteran's bipolar I disorder and alcohol use disorder are granted as service connected due to MST. PTSD is denied.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's bipolar schizophrenia disorder should be remanded for further action due to missing Social Security Administration records.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for service-connected unspecified bipolar disorder with cyclothymic disorder prior to April 28, 2022.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 11, 2013, for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder based on new and material evidence constructively received within one year of the initial denial.

The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired mental health condition, to include major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, based on new evidence.

The Board denied a higher rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and bipolar II disorder, as the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a more severe disability rating.

The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder and denied increased ratings for the lumbar disability, left and right sciatica, and chronic sinusitis. However, it granted an increased rating of 40 percent from March 7, 2022, for left and right sciatic radiculopathy and restored a 30 percent rating for chronic sinusitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right hand tremors, left hand tremors, gout, and chronic kidney disease to obtain outstanding VA treatment records and provide a medical examination.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining outstanding Social Security Administration records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed alternatively as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder, due to an inadequate VA examiner's opinion and a failure to fulfill the duty to assist in obtaining relevant medical records.

The Board denied an increased rating for bipolar and related disorders, but remanded claims for service connection for hypertension, diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and asthma.

The Veteran's initial rating for an acquired psychiatric disability, currently diagnosed as PTSD with bipolar disorder and other trauma and stressor related disorder, was increased to 70 percent effective July 11, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, currently diagnosed as bipolar disorder, based on service aggravation.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for bipolar disorder and an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation of Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent - Severe with Anxious Distress with Alcohol Use Disorder, Severe; Intermittent Explosive Disorder.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any of the disabilities were related to active duty.