Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2018

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for leukemia and left shoulder condition has been dismissed. The claim for stomach condition is denied, but some issues are remanded.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for post-operative lumbar spine disorder, left hip degenerative joint disease, and a left foot condition secondary to low back/hip. The acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) claim was not addressed as it is considered separate from the other issues.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that there is no competent medical evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, a lower gastrointestinal disorder, an upper gastrointestinal disorder, and erectile dysfunction due to the need for additional medical opinions. The issues are inextricably intertwined.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for residuals of a head injury (including migraine headaches) and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) have been reopened. The Board has remanded both issues due to the need for further medical examination.

The claims of service connection for a psychiatric disability, nosebleeds/sinusitis, and OSA have been reopened. The effective date is set to July 31, 2012.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability has not been reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.,The Veteran's request for a higher rating for his degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine is dismissed as he withdrew the appeal.,The issue of assigning an effective date prior to September 16, 2005, for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine remains pending.

The Veteran's competency to handle VA funds is being remanded due to the need for updated medical records and an examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to the Veteran's failure to appear for a VA examination, and requests that any additional VA treatment records be associated with the claims file. The Veteran is also asked to obtain these records himself.

The appeal of the issue of entitlement to an increased rating for linear scar from cyst removal of the tailbone is dismissed. The Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was denied. Additionally, his TDIU claim due to service-connected disabilities was also denied.

The Board has granted reopening of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and remanded the increased rating claims for the thoracolumbar spine, right knee, and left knee disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to outstanding VA and private treatment records, as well as additional medical opinions regarding her claimed right foot, left foot, bilateral ankle, bilateral knee, bilateral hip, low back, joint pain, eye, and psychiatric disorders.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and sleep apnea. However, additional development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder are granted, but the Veteran is not entitled to increased ratings or separate ratings for his foot conditions. The Veteran does receive a higher rating of 30 percent for cirrhosis of the liver since February 12, 2017.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for migraines, recurring syncope, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizoaffective disorder) due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to her active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, is denied as there is no evidence of a disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of a nervous condition due to new evidence. However, it denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and denied entitlement to TDIU.

The Board denied the Veteran's attempt to reopen his service connection claim for schizophrenia, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sinusitis, deviated septum, residuals of a broken nose, and acquired psychiatric disorder as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen any of these claims.