Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2020

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection and TDIU due to outstanding records, including STRs and VA treatment records. The Veteran is also asked to provide information about personal assault-related PTSD.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development and readjudication due to incomplete service personnel records, SSA disability benefit records, and private medical records. The Veteran will be offered an additional hearing with a Decision Review Officer.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD) and left ear hearing loss. The right ear hearing loss claim was not reopened.,There is no evidence of current psychiatric disorders or hearing loss in the Veteran's service records, and his diagnoses are not linked to military service.

The Veteran's nervous tics were found to be related to his service in the Southwest Asia theatre, and service connection for this condition is granted. The other issues on appeal are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder, finding that he does not have a current psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination and a need for verification of in-service stressors. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being reviewed again with new evidence and possibly different diagnostic criteria.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and other acquired psychiatric disorders, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's in-service stressors. The issues of service connection for headaches and left hand tingling and numbness are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a personality disorder and psychiatric disabilities, including substance abuse, depression, and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified. The decision found that there was no evidence of an in-service incurrence or nexus to these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability, spina bifida, and acquired psychiatric disorder (including as residuals from TBI). Service connection was denied for bilateral pes planus and total abdominal hysterectomy.,Service connection is granted for the Veteran's low back disability due to an in-service injury. The Board found that her current condition is at least as likely as not related to service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically schizoaffective disorder, as it did not pre-exist service and was not shown in service or until 2010. The medical evidence does not support presumptive service connection on any basis.

The Board has decided to remand several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including increased ratings for migraine headaches and bilateral hearing loss, service connection for psychiatric disorders, sleep apnea, and heart conditions. Additional development is needed to obtain outstanding records and conduct examinations.

The Board denied service connection for cancer due to asbestos exposure and a psychiatric disorder as secondary to cancer, both of which were found not related to active service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examination opinions. The claims are being returned for further development and consideration.

The Board has denied service connection for back, right hip, right knee, and right ankle disabilities as well as a psychiatric disability (including PTSD and anxiety disorder) due to the Veteran's failure to attend scheduled VA examinations.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, facial rash due to herbicide agent exposure, and headaches.

The Board has denied service connection for the Veteran's right shoulder injury and psychiatric disability, but has remanded the low back injury claim due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete development and need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's application to reopen the claim of service connection for mental disorder due to traumatic stress also claimed as anxiety, depression and chronic adjustment disorder is granted. The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for right shoulder disability, left leg disability, right leg disability, and whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for degenerative joint disease.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed PTSD and its relationship to his service-connected low back disability. The VA is instructed to verify the stressors, obtain a medical opinion on the etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder, and determine if it is at least as likely as not that the disorder is related to the Veteran’s service or his service-connected condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and a need for further development, including VA examinations.