Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2014

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination. The Veteran's claims of service connection for low back disability, hearing loss, and polysubstance dependence/mood disorder will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The Veteran does not have a diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, related to service.,There is no evidence of a current right ankle disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA psychiatric and psychological examination to determine if the Veteran currently suffers from a chronic, clinically-identifiable psychiatric disorder (including posttraumatic stress disorder) and whether any such disorder is related to his military service.

The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include depression, anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, or any current TMJ syndrome which could be attributable to active service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and conducting examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed disabilities.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding new and material evidence. However, it denied reopening of the acne vulgaris rating claim.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of his acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral foot condition.

The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claims for service connection for his back condition and acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD. The preponderance of the evidence did not establish a link between current symptoms and an in-service stressor or chronic disability.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the etiology of his claimed neck, back, bilateral foot, bilateral leg and acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for the claims of shin splints, right knee disability, residuals of a broken nose, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for prostate cancer was dismissed due to his withdrawal of the claim. The Board also addressed, but did not grant, his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have TBI residuals related to service and therefore, denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected schizophrenia, and thus denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, was denied as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis or in-service stressor.

The Veteran was granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder effective August 31, 2011 and a total schedular rating of 70 percent effective October 30, 2012.,Both awards are based on the Veteran's contention that he has been disabled due to military sexual trauma since leaving active duty.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment disorder. The Veteran's PTSD is related to a personal assault in service.,Service connection was not established for bilateral eye disorder or residuals of head injury.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression; an initial disability rating greater than 10 percent for tinnitus; and an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss.,The appeal is denied as the evidence does not support higher ratings or referral for extraschedular consideration.

The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities and a low back disability, both as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's hypertension is also considered secondary to his diabetes.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no verified in-service stressor to support the diagnoses.