The Board granted an effective date of May 21, 2019, for a 100 percent evaluation for acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had total social and occupational impairment as of May 21, 2019, and VA received a complete application form within one year of receipt of the intent to file.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25038823
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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 25, 2022, for the award of service connection for tinnitus and a 100 percent initial rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired mental health condition, to include major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, based on new evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder as the Veteran's symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.
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