Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2016

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for examinations to determine the nature and etiology of any current bilateral knee disability, back disability, and psychiatric disability. The Veteran's claims will be readjudicated based on all evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether a diagnosed condition is related to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral shoulder, headache, and acquired psychiatric conditions are not related to his military service.,The loss of sense of smell is also not considered service-connected.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to inadequate VCAA notice and incomplete service treatment records. The Veteran is also scheduled for a videoconference hearing.

The Board has remanded the claim for additional development due to incomplete medical opinions and outstanding VA treatment records.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA medical records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on the new evidence and evaluation.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder, including Schizoaffective Disorder and Schizophrenia, was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected thoracolumbar strain.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, was denied as there is no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disability during his period of service. The Board found that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD.,Service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus was also denied in January 2002 and has not been reopened.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's tinnitus, hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus, type II are related to service. The claims for speech impairment, sinus disability, gastrointestinal disability, and psychiatric disability have been denied as there is no competent evidence of a current disability or nexus to service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and panic attacks, is related to his service. The Board finds that the evidence is at least in equipoise and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his VA treatment records and SSA medical records.

Service connection for a low back disorder is denied as the evidence does not establish that it was incurred in or aggravated by service.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically anxiety disorder, is granted based on continuity of symptomatology since service separation.

The Board has remanded the appeal for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorders, erectile dysfunction/loss of use of a creative organ, left eye blindness, and service connection claims.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including obtaining additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disability and unemployability due to his seizure disorder.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and providing an addendum opinion regarding the service connection claim.

The Board found that a chronic thoracolumbar spine disability was neither incurred in nor aggravated by service and denied the claim. The acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and MDD, is also denied as there is no evidence of a nexus to service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and VA treatment records. The AOJ will also attempt to obtain deck logs from USS Hector and verify the claimed stressor.

The Veteran's claims for a higher rating for schizophrenia and TDIU are being remanded due to non-compliance with previous Board directives regarding the retrieval of Social Security Administration records and updated VA treatment records.

The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to his military service, and the claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted. The issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss was withdrawn by the Veteran prior to a decision being made.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, which includes symptoms of memory loss and speech impairment, is service-connected as secondary to his insomnia. The VA has granted a disability rating of 50 percent for this condition.