Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2020

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizophrenia, finding that it is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hepatitis C, and an acquired psychiatric disability. The decision also notes that the claim of service connection for degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the cervical spine with radiculopathy is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis C and an acquired psychiatric disorder, but denied service connection for a low back condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for additional medical opinions regarding any acquired psychiatric disorders and their relationship to service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient development of evidence regarding whether the appellant was insane at the time of misconduct leading to his OTH discharge. The VA will attempt to schedule a medical examination for this purpose.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no current diagnosis of PTSD and insufficient evidence linking the Veteran's depressive disorder or alcohol use to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is granted and remanded. The appeal to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including an addendum opinion from the September 2019 VA examiner regarding the Veteran's hypertension and its relationship to his service-connected coronary artery disease.

The Board has found that additional development is necessary in order to adjudicate the Veteran's claims, including obtaining his complete VA treatment records and reviewing medical records of a potential misidentified veteran with similar characteristics.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted. The right knee pain and acquired psychiatric condition are related to her service-connected back, left knee, and right hip disabilities. Tinnitus is presumed due to in-service noise exposure. Bilateral hearing loss has not been established as a disability.

The Veteran's claims for skin disabilities of his low back and left leg, as well as psychiatric, eye, kidney cancer, prostate condition, and hypertension have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.,Service connection is not granted for any of the conditions listed.

The Board has determined that a new VA examination is needed for the Veteran's right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, migraine headaches, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to complaints of worsening symptoms since her last examinations. The appeal will be remanded for these purposes.

The Veteran is not competent to handle disbursement of VA funds due to his mental health condition, specifically schizophrenia.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions from the VA examiner and for additional development of records, including prison records and VISTA Imaging.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a back disorder, and a right elbow disorder due to incomplete information about the Veteran's National Guard service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder, right hip, psychiatric disabilities (including PTSD and alcohol abuse disorder), and tinnitus due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.

The Board has granted a TDIU from November 21, 2014 to November 3, 2016 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and following any substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by loss of consciousness episodes and an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, including as due to in-service chemical exposure.

The Board has decided to remand the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The case will be sent back to the AOJ for further development and a medical opinion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed due to the grant of PTSD. The remaining issues were denied as not supported by evidence or secondary to pre-existing conditions.