Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2022

The Board has ordered additional development due to new VA medical records being added to the claims file. The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and service connection will be reconsidered after this.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is related to her active-duty service and grants this claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for coronary atherosclerotic disease/angina pectoris, tremors, and an acquired psychiatric disability. The decision found that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim of COPD, and that there was no nexus between the claimed conditions and service or exposure to herbicides.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, needs further development and is therefore remanded.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as incurred in service. The claims for reopening of diabetes mellitus type II, PTSD, and skin disability are remanded due to new evidence. Other service connection claims are also remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to an error in finding that VA's duty to assist was satisfied by a December 2014 VA medical opinion. The Veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD and other diagnosed psychiatric disabilities, which are currently being reviewed.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for further development and evidence.,Effective dates prior to August 21, 2015 are not warranted for the grants of service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities.

The Board has remanded the cases of a right-hand disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder (MDD with GAD) for further development. The Veteran's lay statements regarding symptoms will be considered, along with his service-connected back condition.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include dysthymic disorder due to lack of a current disability.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, sleep apnea, and peripheral neuropathy due to presumed herbicide agent exposure. Service connection was denied for onychomycosis, obesity, and GERD.

The Board remanded several claims for further development, including service connection for hearing loss and other disabilities, as well as a claim for nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The Board has denied service connection for left ear hearing loss due to the lack of a current disability as defined by VA compensation criteria. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings on his left shoulder and ankle, and for an acquired psychiatric disability are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral congenital pes planus, an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression and PTSD), and gout, bilateral feet have all been denied. The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral pes planus is a congenital disease not aggravated by service, his acquired psychiatric disorder does not meet the criteria for service connection as it did not begin during service or be related to an in-service injury, event, or disease, and his gout was not shown to have begun during service.,Service connection on secondary basis has also been denied due to lack of a service-connected condition.