Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2020

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a lung disorder due to insufficient evidence in their respective cases. The Veteran must be provided with VA examinations to determine if she currently suffers from these conditions, as well as whether they are related to her service.

The Board has determined that further development is needed in order to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The case is being remanded for additional examinations and development.

The Board has remanded several claims for additional evidence, including private treatment records from the Veteran's healthcare providers. The Veteran is advised to provide authorization forms for these records.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for bilateral knee disability and acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder), but these claims are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including an exhaustive search for VA medical center records and a VA examination.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is granted as service connection due to exposure to acoustic trauma during active service.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is granted based on the benefit of doubt and his active service.

The Board dismissed the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) because the Veteran's other service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia is being remanded due to the submission of new and material evidence. The Board finds that the additional evidence relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the previously denied claim.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and psychiatric disabilities (including PTSD) have been granted. The case is remanded to further develop evidence related to these claims.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral knee disability, knee scars, and TBI. The claims for hearing loss, tinnitus, and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) are remanded for further development.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension as secondary to the acquired psychiatric disorder, and bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The Veteran's TDIU claim is also remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to unresolved medical questions regarding the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically whether his service-connected conditions contributed substantially or materially to his death.

The Board denied service connection for a right elbow disability and an acne disability, but granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders including PTSD, anxiety disorder, mood disorder, and bipolar disorder.,Service connection was not established for the right elbow disability due to lack of in-service injury or diagnosis. The acne disability claim was denied as there is no evidence of pre-existing condition prior to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, a back disability, a lung spot, groin area itch, and an acquired psychiatric condition are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence.,New and material evidence has been submitted in support of these claims.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received, allowing the claims for service connection for low back disability, respiratory condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder to be reopened.,Service connection for glaucoma is withdrawn.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability, including spondylitic changes of the lumbar spine. The issues of service connection for PTSD and depression are being remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the veracity of the claimed stressors.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death due to lack of evidence showing an acquired psychiatric disorder at the time of the Veteran's death. The appellant's claims were based on PTSD, but there was no in-service stressor event identified.

The claim for service connection for depression is remanded due to the need for a VA examination and additional evidence. The claims for service connection for insomnia and TDIU are also remanded as no statement of the case has been issued.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened and granted. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is also granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding no valid diagnosis and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between current symptoms and active service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a lack of medical opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed in-service sexual assault and its relation to her current psychiatric disorders. The TDIU and SMC claims are also remanded.