Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2019

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, as well as right ankle degenerative arthritis. The evidence did not support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board has remanded multiple issues including service connection claims, rating determinations for hearing loss and tinnitus, and the reopening of previously denied claims. The appeals are pending and will be addressed in a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC).

Service connection for left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted with an effective date of January 8, 2010. The Veteran's claim for service connection for eczema is dismissed as moot. Service connection for COPD and psychiatric disorder are reopened. Service connection for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is established.

The Board has determined that further development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including obtaining SSA records and VA examinations for various conditions.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for an eye condition, claimed as flash burn injuries to the eye. The issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back condition are remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), residuals of a head injury (TBI), hypertension, and bruxism. The VA will schedule examinations to clarify these conditions and assess their relationship to service.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for a lumbar spine disability and an acquired psychiatric disability. The Veteran is also seeking a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's applications to reopen his previously denied claims for service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, neuropathy of the left and right lower extremities, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The evidence received since the February 2010 rating decision did not provide a new or material nexus between these conditions and service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety disorder, is now service-connected.,Service connection for the left wrist condition has been granted.

The Veteran's claims for acid reflux and erectile dysfunction were denied as they are not service-connected.,Service connection was granted for an acquired psychiatric disability (dysthymia with persistent depressive disorder) on October 4, 2013.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for additional VA treatment records from February 2016 to the present.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no evidence of current hearing impairment.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as anxiety, is granted. The condition is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected heart disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional development, including verification of in-service stressors and a VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD was reopened and service connection was granted, but an effective date earlier than March 13, 2017 is denied.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was granted with a noncompensable evaluation effective March 13, 2017. Effective dates earlier than this are denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a back disorder (previously claimed as a tailbone injury) and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including obtaining an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between any diagnosed acquired psychiatric disability and in-service experiences.

The Veteran's service connection claims for acquired psychiatric disorder, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus are remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted as service-connected, with the effective date set at January 23, 1977.,Service connection for verruca plantaris and left hand degenerative arthritis (left hand condition) are denied. Service connection for hepatitis C remains denied.

The petition to reopen the previously denied claims for bilateral knee disability and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, adjustment disorder with alcohol use disorder) is granted. The claim for service connection for bilateral knee disability is remanded.

The Veteran's claims for right ankle condition, low back strain, and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and anxiety) were denied as new and material evidence was not received.