Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2021

The Veteran seeks an extension of her delimiting date for education benefits under Chapter 30, which was previously granted due to disability. The Board has determined that the request is untimely and requires a remand to determine if she was medically infeasible from initiating or completing a chosen program of education.

The Board has remanded several issues for additional development, including service connection claims and rating determinations. The Veteran's left eye disorder is denied as not related to service or a current disability. Other issues such as eczema, respiratory disorders, psychiatric conditions, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and right knee disorders are also remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's income and unreimbursed medical expenses for the entire rating period on appeal from June 2012. The Veteran is still presumed permanently and totally disabled, but further development is needed to determine if his income meets the applicable maximum annual pension rate (MAPR).

The Veteran is not competent to handle disbursement of VA funds due to his schizophrenia, and the appeal is denied.

The Board has granted the reopening of the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and schizo-affective disorder, but has remanded the cases due to additional development being required.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions and missing VA treatment records. The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including depression, is being reviewed for potential service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, left and right foot conditions, bilateral knee conditions, and denied service connection for GERD and sleep apnea. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and provide an opinion regarding the etiology of GERD.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete information and examination, requiring further development including obtaining treatment records, employment history, and a VA examination for nonservice-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for lipomas, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and any acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded due to insufficient evidence of record. The Veteran should be provided with new VA examinations to determine the current severity and manifestations of his lipomas, as well as the nature and etiology of his hearing loss, tinnitus, and any acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The issues of service connection for PTSD, a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and GERD with hiatal hernia are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are granted. The Board found new and material evidence to support the reopening of these claims.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's OSA is caused by, aggravated by, or related to his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder and memory loss.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including social anxiety disorder with recurrent major depressive disorder with a history of psychotic features, is granted. The application to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is also granted.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor disorder with anxiety and MDD. The Veteran's unspecified respiratory disability is also found to be related to her military service. TDIU consideration will now proceed based on the newly established service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed stressors and the need for further development of his psychiatric disability claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of bilateral lower extremities, hypertension, kidney disability, vision disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) due to lack of competent evidence establishing current diagnoses or in-service incurrence.

The Veteran's claim for residuals of a left-hand index finger injury is denied as there is no evidence of an in-service injury.,Service connection for migraine disorder is denied because the Veteran does not have a separate headache disability apart from his sinusitis.,Peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity, is denied due to lack of evidence linking it to service. The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy may be related to a nonservice-connected cervical spine condition.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded as the etiology and relationship to service need further clarification.

The Veteran's hypertension is remanded due to an inaccurate factual premise in the VA medical opinion.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded as there are no treatment records until 2011, and his statements regarding in-service onset and continuity of symptoms are considered.

The Board has granted service connection for fibromyalgia and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include memory loss) and fatigue due to potential service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further action regarding the revision of a November 1991 rating decision denying service connection for asthma based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition is granted.