Acquired psychiatric disorder
Across 4,191 real Board appeals for Acquired psychiatric disorder
73% were granted, partly granted, or remanded.
A denial is often not the end — remands are sent back for more development and frequently end in a grant.
- Granted 13%
- Partly granted 26%
- Remanded 34%
- Denied 22%
What tends to win
Among the appeals that were granted or partly granted, the most common ways Acquired psychiatric disorder was linked to service:
- Direct service connection1,077
- Reopened with new & material evidence193
- Secondary to another service-connected condition123
How it’s rated, in practice
When Acquired psychiatric disorder was granted, the rating most often assigned was:
- 100% (323)
- 70% (89)
- 10% (45)
- 50% (40)
- 30% (37)
Presumptive & exposure paths
These appeals involved a recognized exposure — which can mean the link to service is presumed, with no nexus to prove:
- PACT Act59
- Agent Orange / herbicides47
- Camp Lejeune water47
- Gulf War38
- Burn pits & airborne hazards8
Real decisions
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the condition and an in-service incident of military sexual trauma (MST).
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right knee disorder, and a lumbar spine disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including cervical spine and thoracolumbar spine disabilities, radiculopathies, a bladder disability, headaches, a left knee disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and bilateral conjunctivitis. The Board also granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the Veteran's symptoms and his military service.
- Granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU from September 6, 2011 to November 8, 2018.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for essential tremor and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, both related to herbicide exposure during the Veteran's active duty service.
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