The Veteran's service-connected bipolar disorder/depression has prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, leading to a grant of total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's anger issues due to his psychiatric disability have made it impossible for him to maintain stable work relationships and adapt to stressful work environments.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder/depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22000302
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,011 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which includes bipolar disorder/depression and PTSD. The case is being remanded to obtain Social Security Administration records that may contain relevant treatment information.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal because the appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is REMANDED to the RO for further development and readjudication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling examinations to determine the nature and etiology of any arterial disorder and bipolar disorder/depression.
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