The Board granted an initial disability evaluation of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected bipolar disorder and remanded claims for a higher rating for the same condition, as well as a claim for service connection for a right ankle disorder.
The deciding factor: The severity, frequency, and duration of the symptoms of the Veteran's bipolar disorder at least more nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting an initial 50 percent rating. The Board also found that remand was necessary to correct duty to assist errors for both the higher rating claim and the service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder, right ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084667
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