Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2022

The Veteran's sleep apnea and acquired psychiatric disorder have been granted service connection, with the former receiving a grant of entitlement to an evaluation of 100 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder from March 13, 2013.,Special monthly compensation based on housebound status has also been granted.

The Veteran's appellant needs to provide updated VA Form 21-4142 for schizophrenia treatment records from Wilson Park Medical Center and Pennsylvania DOC. These records are needed to determine if the appellant qualifies as a helpless child for VA purposes.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is at least as likely as not related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's GAD is granted as service connection due to the positive nexus opinion and inadequate negative nexus opinion.,Service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability is denied as there is no evidence of current hearing loss meeting VA criteria.

The Board has remanded the claims of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral shin splints, an acquired psychiatric disorder (originally claimed as anger issues), and a lumbar spine disability.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no evidence showing a relationship between the current condition and his military service.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for facial scarring, TBI residuals, a low back condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a respiratory condition have been dismissed. The claims of entitlement to service connection for the low back condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder were reopened due to new evidence submitted since the final decisions.

The Veteran's claims for loss of the right fallopian tube, acquired psychiatric disorder, and cysts in the left breast have been granted. The remaining issues (bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, hypertension, sleep disorder, and headache disorder) are remanded.

The Board dismissed the issues of service connection for tinnitus, right and left ear hearing loss, headaches, a right eye disorder, a right knee disorder, and a right shoulder disorder. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's heart disability, stroke, and acquired psychiatric disorder. The issues of service connection are being addressed due to new evidence that reopened these claims.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the cause of death and the service connection for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia. The claim will be further developed with a new VA opinion.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 15, 2014 for the service-connected acquired psychiatric disability is denied.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for a colon cancer disability, lung cancer disability (secondary to colon cancer), and respiratory disability (secondary to colon cancer) are remanded due to insufficient evidence addressing their etiology.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, sciatic nerve disability, and hepatitis C disability is not addressed in this decision.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate examination reports and unverified stressors. The Veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD, adjustment disorder, and a peripheral vestibular disorder (PVD).

The Veteran's schizophrenia as a residual of TBI is now rated at 100% effective October 8, 2019. The rating for the residuals of his TBI remains at 70% prior to that date and 100% thereafter.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include as secondary to his service-connected residuals of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and for TDIU are remanded due to inadequate examination findings.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for back disability, other than lumbosacral strain and claimed as spondylolysis. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and acquired psychiatric disorder are also remanded due to inadequate examination reports.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions are not related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, and the Board has remanded several issues including cervical spine disability, right wrist disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), low back condition, and cervical spine condition due to incomplete development of his service connection claims.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and TBI residuals have been denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and his military service.