Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2020

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate compliance with previous remand directives, including verifying exposure to hazardous chemicals and radiation during service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the knees, cardiac murmur, and hypertension has been denied. The Board has found that there is no evidence to support these claims.,Regarding an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include chronic anxiety and PTSD), the Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine if it is at least as likely as not related to service.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including animal specific phobia, is etiologically related to his time in service and has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, and hypertension are being reviewed.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The remaining claims of service connection for various conditions are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further evaluation of his service connection claims and rating issues, including the need to determine if he has an acquired psychiatric disorder and whether a higher rating can be assigned for his TBI with headaches.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea, psychiatric disability, headache disability, and tinnitus, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. As a result, the Board has granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for Osgood-Schlatter's Disease (OSD), bilateral knee arthritis, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to OSD. The AOJ is required to schedule a VA examination to determine if OSD clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service and was aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the case due to a procedural issue regarding the CUE claim, and the AOJ must address the Veteran's August 2011 and July 2013 submissions in their adjudication.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient opinions regarding aggravation of his knee disabilities by his cervical spine and low back disabilities, as well as insufficient opinions on whether his psychiatric disorders are related to his knee disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new evidence submitted by his attorney and additional VA treatment records. The claims are being reviewed to determine if there is a link between the Veteran's current conditions and active service, or other relevant factors.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for further development, including a VA examination regarding a personal assault claim.

The Board has remanded this case due to the need for a VA examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Court found that the Board and VA examiners failed to consider the Veteran's lay assertions of military sexual trauma as well as his psychiatric symptoms during and after service.

The claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder, is granted.,The claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral pes planus is remanded.

The Board has denied the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, eye disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as there is no evidence to support a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure of the Veteran to report for VA examinations. The claims are now pending and need further development.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder and granted it, finding that there is at least as likely as not that his current condition was incurred in or caused by service.

The Veteran is not competent to handle disbursement of VA funds due to his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia, which causes severe psychiatric impairment.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left hallux valgus, PFB, and an acquired psychiatric disorder have all been denied. The Board found that the current ratings adequately reflect the severity of these conditions.