Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2021

The Board has remanded the case due to non-compliance with prior remand directives, specifically regarding an addendum opinion on whether the Veteran's GERD is secondary to his service-connected PTSD disorder.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, and neurocognitive disorder was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability linked to his military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability related to his service or service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's psychiatric condition has been granted a 50 percent disability rating, but the issue of entitlement to TDIU remains pending and requires additional development.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of 10 percent prior to December 11, 2019 and a 40 percent thereafter for residuals of a TBI is granted. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD. The examiner is requested to provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms are related to his service in Germany in 1981.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and denied entitlement to individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's schizoaffective disorder was found to be a congenital or developmental defect that preexisted service.

The Board has remanded the service connection issues for additional development due to incomplete records and need for a VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD due to a personal assault during active duty, finding that there was insufficient evidence to verify the incident and no behavioral changes or medical records indicating PTSD related to the alleged assault. The Veteran has been diagnosed with other specified trauma stressor related disorder but the VA examiner concluded it is not related to an in-service personal assault.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need to determine if he served within 12 nautical miles of Vietnam, which would allow him to receive the presumption of exposure to herbicide agents. If so, an examination will be scheduled to determine the nature and etiology of any hypertension condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for high cholesterol, sleep apnea, and a thoracolumbar spine disorder have been dismissed due to withdrawal of the appeal. The claim for hypertension has been granted but denied. Claims for headaches and an acquired mental disorder were also granted.,Service connection was not established for any of the conditions listed.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis.,Claims for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, glaucoma, and hypertensive retinopathy were also denied due to lack of competent evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and anemia have been granted. The increased rating claim for facial eczema with acne has been remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a psychiatric disability for accrued benefits purposes and entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to incomplete VA examination opinions and lack of proper due process in issuing supplemental statements of the case.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for further development due to outstanding VA medical records at the Wilmington, Delaware VAMC. The Veteran is entitled to an effective date earlier than August 30, 2016 for left ear hearing loss and service connection for right ear hearing loss, acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as a nervous condition), sleep apnea, and eye disorder.

The claim of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) has been dismissed as the appeal is moot due to the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has denied service connection for an eye disability and remanded the issues of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and bilateral pes planus.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorder is rated at 70 percent effective May 20, 2019. A rating in excess of 30 percent prior to that date was denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to missing VA treatment records from the Veteran's claims file, specifically audiologic data from audiograms dated on August 29, 2017 and July 16, 2018. The case will be returned for further development.

The Veteran's lumbar spine strain and acquired psychiatric disorder are not rated higher than the current 10 percent levels.