Bipolar disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded both the character of discharge issue and the service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders issue due to insufficient opinions regarding insanity.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma and stressor related disorder and bipolar disorder, finding that his current conditions are related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, bipolar disorder and depression, and schizophrenia is being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions. The TDIU claim is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the psychiatric claims.

The Veteran's service-connected bipolar disorder has rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from May 7, 2014 to December 1, 2016 and since February 2, 2018.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bipolar disorder and lichen planus was granted. The claim for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder. The issue of entitlement to a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.

The Veteran's bipolar disorder was rated at 50 percent from April 17, 2018 to October 14, 2020 and granted a 70 percent rating from October 15, 2020. The Veteran also received a TDIU on an extraschedular basis during this period.

The Veteran's service-connected unspecified bipolar and related disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, was not productive of total social and occupational impairment. As such, the Veteran is denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are remanded due to conflicting diagnoses of psychiatric disorders and the need for additional medical examinations.,PTSD is being remanded as there is a conflict in diagnoses and the need for an examination to determine its relationship to service. Service connection for bipolar disorder, secondary to PTSD, is also being remanded.,Right knee disability claims are being remanded due to conflicting diagnoses of chondromalacia patella syndrome and the need for additional medical examinations.,Right quadriceps tear and left quadriceps tear claims are being remanded as there is a lack of service connection evidence and the need for an examination to determine their relationship to service-connected right knee disability.,,

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a higher evaluation for his lumbar spine disability are remanded. Additionally, the issue of TDIU is inextricably intertwined with these issues.

The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for migraine headaches due to a lack of an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's headache disability is at least as likely as not aggravated by his lumbar spine disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder due to a lack of credible evidence supporting these conditions as being related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's combined disability rating was less than 100 percent prior to August 15, 2018, and the Board finds that she is not precluded from securing or following substantially gainful employment due to her service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for anxiety and personality disorders was denied. His acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and depression, is rated at 70 percent prior to October 27, 2017, and at 100 percent thereafter.

The Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and the cause of death (migraine headaches) is not related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and recurrent manic depression. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded pending the assignment of a rating for the newly granted service-connected condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to issues related to psychiatric disability and neurocognitive disability, including allegations of in-service stressors. The Veteran is requested to undergo a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his current disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to new evidence and missed VA examinations. The claims will be reconsidered after obtaining updated treatment records and scheduling further medical evaluations.

The Veteran's mental health disability was rated at 30 percent prior to May 23, 2016, and denied a higher rating. From May 24, 2016 to May 1, 2018, the Veteran was rated at 70 percent, also denied. After that date, she was rated at 50 percent, again denied.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination to determine if any psychiatric disorder is related to service, including exposure at Camp LeJeune. The personality disorder claim is denied as it is not a disability for VA purposes.