Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2018

The Veteran's right knee disability, including the total knee arthroplasty with residual pain and weakness, is granted as service-connected. The issues of arthritis in all joints (excluding left shoulder and right knee), low back disability, and acquired psychiatric disability are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (bipolar disorder) has been reopened and granted.,Service connection is also granted for sleep apnea, which the Board found was aggravated by her service-connected bipolar disability and asthma. Tinnitus was also found to be related to active service.,The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) due to migraine headaches has been granted.

The Board has remanded the cases for further examination to determine if there is a relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and her active service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee condition, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD) have all been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for various wrist, ankle, and knee disabilities. However, these issues are still being remanded due to insufficient evidence in some areas.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient or speculative opinions provided by VA examiners. The issues include PTSD, cold injury residuals of the feet, left ear hearing loss, low back disability, right wrist disability, and hypertension.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a lower back condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression. The claims are being remanded to obtain additional medical records and to provide the Veteran with appropriate VA examinations.

The Veteran's rating for his acquired psychiatric disability is being remanded due to insufficient recent treatment records and the need for a new VA examination.

The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection for various disabilities, including joint and muscle pain, back disability, loss of vision, tinnitus, fatigue, weakened immune system, condition manifested by bruising, memory loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Veteran's representative requested SSA records and VA treatment records from January 2000 to the present.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a back disability and remanded the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, GERD, gastritis, chronic sinus congestion and allergic rhinitis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD due to incomplete development of records from Maricopa County Hospital in 1975 and 1976.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and sinusitis, finding that the Veteran's conditions did not have their onset during service or were otherwise unrelated to service.,The Board also denied service connection for a right shoulder disability, bilateral hearing loss disability, lung disability, and psychiatric disorder, finding that these conditions did not have their onset during service or were otherwise unrelated to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and opinions.

The Veteran's appeal includes multiple issues, including service connection for migraines, vision loss in the right eye, left ear hearing loss, head injury, and PTSD. The claims are remanded due to incomplete records and need further examination.

The Board has denied a compensable disability rating for erectile dysfunction, and has remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and depressive disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right ankle degenerative arthritis and remanded his claim for an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is denied as there is no current diagnosis of such a condition. The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for degenerative changes of the lumbar spine is also denied due to lack of evidence showing limitation of motion or ankylosis that would warrant a higher rating.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bronchial asthma was reopened and granted. Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is also granted, but the right knee condition, back problems, and psychiatric disorder claims are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disability has been reopened, and the Board finds new evidence supports this. The hypertension claim is remanded due to insufficient information.

The Board has granted the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for hepatitis C. The issues of service connection for skin disability and acquired psychiatric disability have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.