Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete STRs and need for further medical examinations. The issues include knee, cervical spine, upper back, foot, IBS, and psychiatric disorders.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, low back disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to potential service connection issues.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD have been reopened, with the acquired psychiatric disorder now encompassing both PTSD and depressive disorder. Service connection has been granted.,Service connection was also granted for a respiratory disorder, but the case is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the pre-service status of the Veteran's allergic rhinitis.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a nasal condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran contends that his current conditions are related to his military service, particularly excessive sun exposure during service.

The Board has determined that new evidence was submitted after the October 2013 denial and warrants readjudication of the claim for service connection for sterility. The Veteran's current psychiatric disability may be associated with an in-service disease, injury or event.

The Veteran's schizophrenia and TDIU have been granted effective September 19, 2017. The effective date for the schizophrenia rating is August 5, 2011.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is granted as service connection due to the evidence showing a current diagnosis and onset in service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right ear hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD due to lack of current diagnoses.

The Board denied the Veteran's petitions to reopen his previously denied claims for service connection of bilateral knee disability, residuals of carbon monoxide poisoning, obstructive sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The decision found that new and material evidence was not received to reopen any of these claims.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, residuals of a facial injury, and headaches. The claims are now remanded for further development.

The Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the amount of $7,750.00 is being remanded due to improper action by the AOJ.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and compensation are being remanded due to the submission of new evidence. The issues include right ear hearing loss, traumatic brain injury residuals, psychiatric disorders, lumbosacral strain, trochanteric bursitis, left ear hearing loss, deviated nasal septum, individual unemployability, and need for aid and attendance.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include polysubstance dependence with mood disorder (claimed major depressive disorder), and denied the claim due to lack of evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claims for service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records, including VA treatment records from Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, and Chippewa Falls, as well as a Dr. Samuelson's 1979 record. A VA examiner will provide opinions on the likelihood of service connection for hypertension based on exposure to herbicides, whether it is related to service, and if it was caused or aggravated by his service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for somatization disorder is granted, with a current rating of 70 percent. The issue of service connection for psychiatric disorders other than somatization disorder has been reopened and remains pending.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, an acquired psychiatric disability (to include depression), a lumbar spine disability, and a left lower extremity neurological disability. Service connection for headaches is also granted. However, the claim of service connection for a gallbladder disability remains denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are now considered on their merits. The Board has found new and material evidence to support the reopening of these claims.

The Veteran was granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but denied service connection for a bilateral leg disorder.,Service connection for the acquired psychiatric disorder is granted based on evidence that it is at least as likely as not related to his active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar strain, right and left knee conditions, a neck condition, and an acquired psychiatric disorder has been reopened.,Service connection is granted for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder as it was incurred in service.