Bipolar disorder Board decisions

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder, due to pre-decisional errors in considering all of the Veteran's psychiatric diagnoses and failing to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for unspecified bipolar and related disorder, chronic fatigue (including hypogonadism), joint and muscle pain, all as secondary to stimulant abuse disorder and alcohol abuse disorder.

The Board denied the claim for a higher disability rating for bipolar disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms did not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent prior to December 6, 2017, and did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 70 percent thereafter.

The Board remands the claims for a higher rating and an earlier effective date for an acquired psychiatric condition due to the failure to provide an informal conference as required by regulation.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood, schizoaffective disorder of the bipolar type, and alcohol use disorder, as there is no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service or caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected duodenal gastritis with ulceration.

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

The Board granted an initial 100 percent rating for unspecified personality disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, and bipolar disorder from November 25, 2022.

The Board granted an effective date of June 3, 2020, for the grant of a 100 percent evaluation for unspecified bipolar and related disorder.

The Board denied an initial rating greater than 70 percent for bipolar disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for bipolar disorder and a neurocognitive disorder, finding that the evidence supports a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's service at Camp Lejeune.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, while denying increased ratings for bipolar I disorder and social anxiety disorder with cued panic attacks, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and a compensable rating for cervicogenic headaches.

The Veteran's service-connected schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type is granted a 100 percent disability rating from August 13, 2019, but no earlier.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), and anxiety, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board restored the 70 percent rating for bipolar disorder from October 1, 2021, and denied a rating in excess of 70 percent.

The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder, hypertension as secondary to PTSD, anxiety disorder and hypochondria, tinnitus, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis or nexus to service.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for bipolar I disorder from June 21, 2021, and a TDIU from November 20, 2018, to June 21, 2021.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an earlier effective date and a higher initial disability rating for unspecified bipolar and related disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, and bipolar disorder due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar and/or schizoaffective disorder, to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric condition, including bipolar disorder to obtain additional evidence and provide the Veteran with a VA examination.