Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2021

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there is no evidence linking his current psychiatric disorders to service or any event of service.

The Veteran's service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted as his active service aggravated a pre-existing condition.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is denied as there is no current diagnosis.

The Board has denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, MDD, and alcohol use disorder.

The Veteran's PFB is currently rated as noncompensable due to the lack of more than topical therapy and less than 5% affected body area.,There is no current diagnosis of PTSD, and his acquired psychiatric disorder is not shown to have first manifested in service or be otherwise attributable to service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, and has remanded his claim for TDIU.

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 military service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia and PTSD, due to his active military service. The combat presumption is applied as evidence of in-service exposure.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include as secondary to service-connected low back pain, has been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the merits have been dismissed due to withdrawal of appeal. The claims for reopening were granted, and new evidence was submitted in support of these claims.

The Board has dismissed the claim for service connection for schizophrenia as it has been granted in full by a May 2020 rating decision.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and evaluation due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran's left shoulder disability and acquired psychiatric disorder need additional medical opinions, and outstanding records should be obtained.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including any memory loss, are found to be at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by his in-service traumas. His headache disability is also found to be secondary to his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, as his pre-existing schizophrenia did not worsen during his military service and there is no clear and unmistakable evidence of aggravation. The cause of death listed on his death certificate was probable heat stroke.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of an etiological opinion for hypertension, which is claimed as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied, and his claims for increased ratings for DM2, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and CAD were also denied. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder from February 27, 2020, is not rated higher than 30 percent.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and bilateral hearing loss are granted as service-connected.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including claims of trauma during boot camp.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The remaining issues are remanded due to the need for additional evidence.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection. The Board has remanded the remaining issues for further development.

The Board has remanded all of the Veteran's service connection claims due to an error in not considering medical evidence submitted by the Veteran during his appeal. The claims for acquired psychiatric disorder, low back disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnea, and esophageal fungal infection are now pending.