External
Repatriation Medical Authority Statement

Bipolar disorder - A drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 Factor

Last reviewed for CCPS 16 December 2009.

Preliminary questions [39992]

40153 there is some evidence that taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 may be a factor in the development or worsening of the condition under consideration.

40154the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 and VEA service for bipolar disorder.

39983the condition under consideration is substance-induced mood disorder with mixed features.

39980the condition under consideration is substance-induced mood disorder with manic or mixed features.

40108

the condition under consideration, a substance-induced mood disorder, has mixed features.

40161 the veteran took a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

40155the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 and VEA service for the clinical onset of bipolar disorder.

40157the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 and operational service for the clinical onset of bipolar disorder.

or

40158the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 and eligible service for the clinical onset of bipolar disorder.

or

7334

the clinical onset of the condition under consideration occurred after the end of the veteran's last period of VEA service.

7335

the condition under consideration permanently worsened.

40162

the veteran took a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening.

40156the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 and VEA service for the clinical worsening of bipolar disorder.

40159the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 and operational service for the clinical worsening of bipolar disorder.

or

40160the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 and eligible service for the clinical worsening of bipolar disorder.

Clinical onset and operational service [40157]

40163

the veteran took a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration as a causal result of operational service.

40167

the veteran's taking of a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, as a causal result of operational service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.

Clinical onset and eligible service [40158]

40171

the drug from a class of drug in specified list 3, which the veteran took within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, was a drug specified in the Statement of Principles for Balance of Probability cases.

40164

the veteran took a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration as a causal result of eligible service.

40168

the veteran's taking of a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, as a causal result of eligible service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.

Clinical worsening and operational service [40159]

40165

the veteran took a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening as a causal result of operational service.

40169

the veteran's taking of a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening, as a causal result of operational service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.

Clinical worsening and eligible service [40160]

40172

the drug from a class of drug in specified list 3, which the veteran took after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening, was a drug specified in the Statement of Principles for Balance of Probability cases.

40166

the veteran took a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening as a causal result of eligible service.

40170

the veteran's taking of a drug from a class of drug in specified list 3 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening, as a causal result of eligible service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.