Bipolar disorder Board decisions

The Board reopened the claim for service connection for bipolar disorder as new and material evidence was submitted.

The Board finds that the veteran's current bipolar disorder had its onset in service and is related to his in-service complaints, granting service connection.

The veteran's bipolar disorder with psychotic features is not shown to have had its clinical onset in service or otherwise to be related to any event or incident of active service.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was denied as the legal criteria were not met, and July 20, 2004 is the appropriate effective date.

The Board denied service connection for an abdominal disorder, a low back disorder, and bipolar disorder as there was no evidence of a nexus between the veteran's current conditions and her military service.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, bipolar disorder, and PTSD as the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the veteran's period of active military service.

The appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining relevant records from the Social Security Administration and a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied the veteran's requests to reopen claims for service connection for bipolar disorder, left knee disability, and neck (cervical spine) disability as no new evidence was found to be material.

The Board denied service connection for chronic otitis media with attic retraction cholesteatoma status post mastoidectomy and bilateral hearing loss, but granted a 20% evaluation for bilateral hearing loss effective August 7, 2007.

The veteran's initial rating for bipolar disorder was increased to 70 percent, while the ratings for migraine headaches and GERD were not changed.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, was denied. The application to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD was granted.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for a bilateral hand disability, breathing disability, and bipolar disorder to schedule VA examinations.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining outstanding medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include bipolar disorder and PTSD, as well as hepatitis C, finding that the conditions pre-existed service and were not aggravated by military service.

The veteran's claim to reopen her previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD was denied as new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board finds that further investigation by medical professionals is necessary to determine the etiology of the veteran's psychiatric disability.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for hidradenitis suppurativa prior to August 30, 2002, and denied a rating in excess of 60 percent from August 30, 2002.

The veteran's pre-existing acquired psychiatric disorder, exclusive of PTSD, was not chronically aggravated by her military service. The veteran's PTSD was also not incurred in service.

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