Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2019

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete information and need for further examination regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The VA must obtain the Veteran's complete personnel records and provide notice on personal assault claims under 38 C.F.R. § 3.304(f)(5).

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical examination and consideration of new evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection of a back disorder, right knee disorder, and left ankle disorder have been denied. The Board has remanded these issues.,The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) is also remanded.

The Veteran's appeal seeking revision of the February 1985 rating decision that denied service connection for a mental disorder on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was denied. The Board found no CUE in the February 1985 decision as it did not consider the Veteran's in-service psychiatric treatment records, which were not part of the record at the time.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder, numbness and tingling, and hypertension. The claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded.,A VA examination is needed to determine if any diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorders are related to service or due to sleep apnea and/or tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, soft tissue sarcoma of the right shoulder, benign skin growths (claimed as a skin ulcer) of the right scapula, kidney cancer, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and service.

The Board has remanded the claims due to incomplete records and a need for further development, including obtaining SSA disability benefits information.

The Board has granted the Veteran's applications to reopen his claims for service connection for hypertension, heart disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The appeals are now remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression) due to insufficient evidence of record.

The Board has remanded the cases due to the need for further development regarding potential herbicide exposure in the Philippines, which could affect service connection claims.

The Board has remanded four claims: service connection for residuals of a TBI, seizure disability, an acquired psychiatric condition (including MDD), and total disability based on individual unemployability. The tension headaches claim is also being remanded due to the failure to issue a statement of the case.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder due to potential secondary etiology from service-connected conditions. The Veteran's current psychiatric condition, including PTSD, is being evaluated by a VA psychiatrist.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and tension headaches, as well as the reopening of a claim for ovarian cysts. The application to connect an acquired psychiatric disorder was also remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as the criteria to establish a qualifying hearing loss disability have not been met.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted as her condition is causally related to service.

The Board denied improved death pension benefits as the evidence does not demonstrate that the Appellant was permanently incapable of self-support prior to the age of 18.

The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty about whether the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder is related to his service, specifically a stressor event during his time in Korea. The case will be further examined to determine if any acquired psychiatric disorders are related to service.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for frostbite, paranoid schizophrenia, and supraventricular tachycardia due to new evidence submitted. However, these claims are remanded as further medical examination is needed.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's in-service stressors and the relationship between his current psychiatric disorders and service. The Veteran needs to provide more corroborated evidence for his claimed PTSD stressor, and a VA examination is needed to determine the etiology of any diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 70 percent rating and TDIU for schizophrenia is denied as the evidence does not show that it was factually ascertainable that his condition worsened within one year prior to September 24, 2010.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, including depression as secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral spine disability and radiculopathy, is being remanded due to the need for a clarification on whether the service-connected conditions are at least one cause of the Veteran's depression.