Bipolar disorder Board decisions

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling a new examination to assess the veteran's service-connected bipolar disorder.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically bipolar disorder, was aggravated by his active duty service.

The appeal is remanded for further development and adjudication of the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for bipolar disorder.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that a service-connected disability (bipolar disorder) was a contributory cause of his death.

The Board denied the veteran's service connection claim for bipolar disorder as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the previously denied claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible evidence that a claimed in-service stressor occurred, and the veteran has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder instead of PTSD.

The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including dysthymia, personality disorder, and bipolar disorder.

The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder and hepatitis C as there is no evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's active military service.

The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for defective hearing was denied, and his claim for service connection for bipolar disorder was also denied.

The appeal was remanded to obtain additional evidence, as the electronic medical records and veteran's statement referenced in a 2007 statement were not of record.

The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include bipolar disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bipolar disorder as there was no evidence of a psychiatric disorder in service or within one year after discharge, and no competent evidence linking the current condition to his military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a bipolar disorder was reopened, but the claim for PTSD was denied.

The Board remands the case for additional evidentiary development, including obtaining service personnel records and private medical records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bipolar disorder with psychotic features to obtain additional evidence, including relevant service treatment records and a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for bipolar disorder, depressed type, as there is no evidence of the condition during service or within many years thereafter, and no evidence linking it to service.

The Board denied the veteran's requests to reopen claims for service connection for PTSD and bipolar disorder, as no new and material evidence was submitted.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for bipolar mood disorder to obtain additional evidence, including treatment records and personnel records.

The veteran's claim for service connection was reopened and granted an effective date of January 14, 2000.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for further development and readjudication.