Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2018

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of his right knee, respiratory, and psychiatric disabilities. The RO is instructed to schedule examinations and obtain updated VA treatment records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, had its onset during service and is related to an in-service injury or event. Therefore, service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a left knee disability and remanded it. The claims for chronic pain syndrome, type II diabetes mellitus, neurobehavioral effects secondary to exposure at Camp Lejeune, and psychiatric disorder are also remanded.

The Veteran's hypertension, acquired psychiatric disability, and kidney and urinary disabilities are granted. The remaining issues of service connection for vision disability, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, and migraines are remanded.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as it began during service and has continued since.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, is granted. The Veteran reported symptoms related to his condition during service and continuity of symptomatology post-service.

The Board has determined that additional medical examinations and evaluations are needed to determine the nature, etiology, and severity of the Veteran's right shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, and left hand DJD. The issues of service connection for these conditions have been remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left calf muscle disability, right elbow disability, colon cancer, erectile dysfunction, upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for a prostate disability and psychiatric disability (including PTSD) has been remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examinations.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right foot condition, bilateral hearing loss, and acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD are not related to his military service. The claims for these conditions have been remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine disability, and skin disability due to potential issues with medical opinions and missing records. The Veteran's service connection claim is based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, finding that the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms are not related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need to verify his exposure to herbicides and service in Vietnam.,His diabetes mellitus, type II claim is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with his other claims.

The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection for recurrent major depression and paranoid schizophrenia, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Veteran's TBI residuals are rated at 30 percent, and service connection for a psychiatric disorder (to include anxiety and depression) is granted. Service connection for diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, lumbar DDD, cervical DDD, right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and right eye vision loss are denied.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, specifically depression, is not related to service. The Board denied this claim.,The Veteran's acne vulgaris with furunculosis and scarring was rated at 30 percent based on residual scarring affecting more than two characteristics of disfigurement.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The claims of service connection for IBS and stomach ulcer are dismissed. The claim of service connection for erectile dysfunction is granted, but the rating assigned remains to be determined. The claims of service connection for left hip disorder, left knee disorder, hearing loss, tinnitus, psychiatric disorder, sleep disorder, and erectile dysfunction are remanded.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for various conditions, including obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, artery disease of the bilateral legs, diabetes mellitus, and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Veteran's claims are now pending for further examination and opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus but remanded the cases for further examination and opinion regarding low back disability and acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD). The Veteran's tinnitus is found to be related to his military service. Service connection for low back disability and PTSD are remanded due to lack of a current diagnosis.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorders, except for personality disorder, are not related to service. The claim is granted as the reopening of the claim and denied on merits.