Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2020

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder (dysthymia) due to the presumption of soundness at entry into service. The Veteran's current conditions are found to be related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of current medical records and exposure verification. The Veteran is also asked to provide information about his in-service injury or event that may have caused his psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder, is granted secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine and right elbow disabilities. The reduction of the rating for his lumbar strain with muscle spasm from 40 percent disabling to 20 percent was not proper.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted. High blood pressure, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depressive disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety neurosis, and PTSD), coronary artery disease status post coronary artery bypass, and colon cancer are all found to be related to service or presumptively due to exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as there was no credible evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete medical opinions and insufficient evidence regarding stressor verification. The claims will be further evaluated with additional examinations and information.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and an acquired psychiatric disorder as the evidence did not support a finding of in-service incurrence or continuity of symptomatology.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of his back disability and foot disabilities.

The Veteran's initial disability rating for psychiatric disability prior to February 17, 2013 was granted at a 50 percent level.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to failure of the Veteran to report for scheduled VA examinations. The matter is being returned to the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) for further action.

The Board has remanded the case due to non-compliance with previous directives, and additional development is required. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and a nervous condition, claimed as due to military sexual trauma (MST), is being reviewed.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and bipolar disorder, due to new medical opinions submitted since the final July 2007 rating decision.,The Board also remanded the claim of entitlement to service connection for GERD as it is unclear whether there are missing service treatment records.

The Board has ordered a remand due to the need for a new VA opinion regarding the severity of TBI residuals and their impact on the Veteran's claimed conditions. The Veteran is seeking an increased disability rating for his service-connected TBI.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and tinnitus are granted service connection. The claims for bilateral pes planus and bilateral hearing loss are remanded.

The Veteran's tinea pedis and sarcoidosis have not been found to meet the criteria for a compensable rating.,The Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disorder and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are being remanded due to insufficient evidence in the record.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and a new supplemental statement of the case (SSOC).

The Board dismissed the claim of service connection for dementia and remanded claims for a seizure disability, imbalance, psychiatric disability, and bilateral knee disability. The Veteran's seizure disability is being remanded due to incomplete records.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disability and eye disabilities due to incomplete development of records, including VA medical opinions on secondary service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right knee disorder, and a left knee disorder have been denied as there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or continuity of symptomatology. The Board found that the current disorders are not related to service.