Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2021

The Board has remanded the cases for further action due to undeliverable mail and the need for a new VA medical opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for dysmetabolic syndrome, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and insomnia. The case is being remanded to obtain additional development.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, specifically generalized anxiety disorder, is granted as secondary to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The rating for the bilateral hearing loss remains at 40 percent since December 17, 2019.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression, anxiety, and PTSD), right foot disability, left foot disability, heart disability, and pulmonary embolism are denied. The Veteran's claim for service connection of the acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The remaining issues have been remanded.

The Veteran's appeal of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is dismissed. The petition to reopen a claim of service connection for vision loss is granted, but the issue remains remanded due to lack of nexus opinion. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is also remanded.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and denied service connection for fibromyalgia secondary to the same condition.,Service connection was not granted because there is no evidence of a nexus between any diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder and a period of active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for chronic pain syndrome, cervicalgia (upper back condition), lower back disorder, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to exposure to herbicide agents or asbestos.,Service connection was remanded for coronary artery disease.

The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as schizoaffective disorder, was incurred during his military service. The Veteran served on active duty from May 1951 to May 1953 and reported experiencing traumatic events while serving in Germany.

The Board has expanded the Veteran's PTSD claim to include an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and anxiety. The claims for cataracts in both eyes and a lower back disability are remanded due to need for further development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired mental disorder was denied in October 2007, but reopened and denied again in September 2002. The decision is final with respect to these claims.,The Veteran's hearing loss claim has been remanded due to the lack of audiometric findings meeting VA criteria.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD, depression, anxiety) and tinnitus was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability related to service. The Board found that the Veteran's personality disorders and substance abuse disorders are not related to service.

The Board is unable to make a decision on the service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to inadequate VA examination opinions. The case is remanded for further evaluation.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to MST, but remanded the issues of service connection for a headache disability and a back condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The examiner must provide a thorough rationale for their opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the condition was incurred in service.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal because it was a prohibited concurrent election, and thus cannot address the appeal.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including those for a left hip and right knee disorders, as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder. The remand requires additional examinations and opinions to address whether these conditions are caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and need for additional medical opinions. The issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, OSA, a respiratory disability, bilateral knee disabilities, and a back disability are all being remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral foot disability and psychiatric disorder due to insufficient examination reports and incomplete development of in-service stressor events.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and low back disability are granted service connection. The appeal regarding right lower extremity radiculopathy and left lower extremity radiculopathy is remanded.

The Veteran's appeal is REMANDED for a new VA examination to assess the severity of his acquired psychiatric disorder, and for any outstanding VA treatment records to be obtained.