Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2020

The Veteran is not competent to handle disbursement of VA funds due to his mental health conditions, including schizophrenia and depression.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to obtain relevant private treatment records, which may impact the Veteran's claim for service connection of his psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD diagnosed as a depressive disorder is granted service connection. Ratings for his right and left knee disorders are remanded.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a claim prior to September 17, 2016.

The Veteran's sinusitis, acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD), and GERD have been granted service connection. The rating for GERD has been increased to 10 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and an unspecified depressive disorder as secondary to military sexual trauma. The Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder is dismissed because the grant of service connection for PTSD and an unspecified depressive disorder rendered this claim moot.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lordosis, a psychiatric disability other than generalized anxiety disorder (including PTSD and bipolar disorder), and an increased rating for generalized anxiety disorder. The Veteran is to be scheduled for VA examinations to assess his current level of severity for these conditions.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, needs further development and is therefore remanded.

The petition to reopen the previously-denied claim for service connection for right ankle tremors is granted. The Veteran's claims for increased rating for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and service connection for a right ankle disorder are remanded.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for strokes and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The case is being remanded to obtain additional evidence and conduct a VA examination.

The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The Veteran also has a TDIU effective November 30, 2015. His right and left knee disabilities are rated based on their severity.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to paranoid schizophrenia with depressive disorder and a compensable initial rating for flat feet due to insufficient evidence regarding causation.

The Board has denied service connection for a right wrist disability, left hip disability, lumbar spine disability, left ankle disability, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as depression).,There is no evidence of any current disabilities related to the Veteran's claimed conditions. The preponderance of the evidence does not support finding that these conditions began during service or are otherwise related to in-service injuries.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The decision is based on new evidence submitted since the last denial and a finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, a psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and erectile dysfunction due to incomplete development.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development of evidence regarding the nature and etiology of any currently diagnosed psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder is pending.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for diabetes mellitus (DM) was denied, and his TDIU claim was also denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied as he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without providing good cause.

The Veteran's prostate cancer is granted as service-connected due to herbicide agent exposure at U-Tapao RTAFB in Thailand. The claim for PTSD and other psychiatric disorders remains pending.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for basal cell carcinoma, sleep apnea, gastritis and IBS, and an acquired psychiatric disorder are mixed. Service connection is granted for sleep apnea but denied for basal cell carcinoma, gastritis and IBS, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.