Granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for bipolar disorder from March 4, 2024, to April 15, 2025.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of suicidal ideation and other psychiatric issues resulted in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, supporting the 70 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086870
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