Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2017

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining his VA treatment records and providing him with VA examinations to determine the nature, extent, and etiology of any diagnosed right leg disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to insufficient evidence and need for medical opinions regarding his right ankle sprain and psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and a sleep disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for further development and clarification, including obtaining new VA examinations for his left knee condition and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's appeals have been dismissed due to his death.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a new VA examination to determine if the Veteran meets the criteria for PTSD and whether his current symptoms are related to service. Additional VA treatment records will also be obtained.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including consideration of 38 C.F.R. § 3.304(f)(3) and an addendum opinion on whether any psychiatric disorders are related to service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and an SSOC must be issued considering all pertinent evidence, including VA addendum opinions. The Veteran's claims are not decided yet.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the Board is dismissing the case.

The Board has granted an increased rating of 40 percent for hypertension (HTN) from August 25, 2014. The Veteran's service connection claims for chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps, a heart disorder, PTSD, anxiety disorder, and MDD have been denied. New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and MDD) and for a respiratory disorder (including sleep apnea).

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including VA examinations and consideration of new evidence. The appellant's claims for service connection on appeal are pending.

The Board has remanded the case due to delays in scheduling a hearing, and it is now required that the Veteran be scheduled for a videoconference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability to include PTSD, right arm laceration, left knee disability, right knee disability, lumbar spine disability and bilateral foot disability. The new evidence submitted since the final decisions raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been partially granted, with some issues being granted and others denied. The Veteran has a diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder (panic disorder with agoraphobia) related to service, but the Board is remanding other claims due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current skin disorder or an acquired psychiatric disorder, and thus cannot establish service connection for these conditions.

The Board finds that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is at least as likely as not causally related to his active duty service.

The Veteran is granted service connection for PTSD, as it was incurred during his military service.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is not granted. The claim is denied because the earliest post-service evidence of depression is in 2007.

The Board found that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizoaffective disorder, did not have its onset during his active duty military service and is not otherwise etiologically related to his service.

The Veteran's mood disorder, to include depression and anxiety, is at least as likely as not aggravated by her service-connected hysterectomy residuals and breast cancer with lumpectomy and lymph node resection. The Board finds that the evidence for and against the claim on a secondary basis is at least in equipoise and the decision should be decided in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder, finding no evidence linking the condition to military service.