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Repatriation Medical Authority Statement

Bipolar disorder - A drug in specified list 4 Factor

Last reviewed for CCPS 16 December 2009.

Preliminary questions [39993]

40135 there is some evidence that taking a drug in specified list 4 may be a factor in the development or worsening of the condition under consideration.

40136the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug in specified list 4 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.

40143 the veteran took a drug in specified list 4 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

40137the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug in specified list 4 and VEA service for the clinical onset of bipolar disorder.

40139the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug in specified list 4 and operational service for the clinical onset of bipolar disorder.

or

40140the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug in specified list 4 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.

40144

the veteran took a drug in specified list 4 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening.

40138the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug in specified list 4 and VEA service for the clinical worsening of bipolar disorder.

40141the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug in specified list 4 and operational service for the clinical worsening of bipolar disorder.

or

40142the veteran has established the causal connection between taking a drug in specified list 4 and eligible service for the clinical worsening of bipolar disorder.

Clinical onset and operational service [40139]

40145

the veteran took a drug in specified list 4 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration as a causal result of operational service.

40149

the veteran's taking of a drug in specified list 4 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, which was caused by operational service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.

Clinical onset and eligible service [40140]

40146

the veteran took a drug in specified list 4 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration as a causal result of eligible service.

40150

the veteran's taking of a drug in specified list 4 within the one month before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, which was caused by eligible service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.

Clinical worsening and operational service [40141]

40147

the veteran took a drug in specified list 4 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.

40151

the veteran's taking of a drug in specified list 4 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening, which was caused by operational service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.

Clinical worsening and eligible service [40142]

40148

the veteran took a drug in specified list 4 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.

40152

the veteran's taking of a drug in specified list 4 after the clinical onset of the condition under consideration and within the one month before its clinical worsening, which was caused by eligible service, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.