Bipolar disorder Board decisions

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, including bipolar disorder.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot condition and denied increased ratings for various conditions, but granted an initial 10 percent rating for a pilonidal cyst scar from March 7, 2024 and granted TDIU.

The Board denied an initial increased disability rating higher than 70 percent for a psychiatric disorder (bipolar disorder) and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability before December 31, 2024.

The Board remands the issues of whether the character of the Appellant's discharge from service constitutes a bar to VA compensation benefits and entitlement to service connection for treatment purposes only for bipolar disorder, as additional evidence is needed regarding the Appellant's mental health at the time of his misconduct leading to discharge.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Unspecified Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Other Specified Personality Disorder, and Unspecified Depressive Disorder, due to in-service sexual trauma.

The Board granted a restoration of the 40 percent disability rating for thoracolumbar spine degenerative disc disease and an initial 70 percent disability rating for unspecified bipolar and related disorder, along with a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected unspecified bipolar and related disorder alone.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 70 percent for bipolar disorder with insomnia, as the evidence did not show total occupational and social impairment.

The Board granted service connection for bipolar I disorder and remanded the claims for nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus type II, chronic kidney disease, and peripheral neuropathy as secondary to the service-connected bipolar I disorder.

The Board granted service connection for bipolar I disorder with cannabis use disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and panic attacks, was dismissed due to the withdrawal of the appeal by the Veteran's attorney.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's condition began during active service.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and bipolar disorder, due to a need for additional evidence and examination.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded both claims for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, as the evidence did not show that his service-connected conditions prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder, bipolar disorder type II, PTSD, adjustment disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and insomnia disorder. The initial rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae was denied, and the effective dates for the awards of service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae and tinnitus were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, and the reduction in the rating of lumbosacral strain with IVDS from 40 percent to 20 percent was not proper; the 40 percent rating is restored effective September 18, 2023.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for the service-connected bipolar disorder and an effective date of November 20, 2023, for the grant of service connection.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the 100 percent rating for bipolar I disorder, unspecified, most recent episode, hypomanic with cannabis use disorder.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 26, 2022, for the award of a 100 percent disability rating for service-connected bipolar disorder and dismissed the claim for entitlement to TDIU as moot.