Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2022

The Veteran's hearing loss is related to noise exposure during service and the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is remanded due to lack of supporting evidence.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to conflicting medical evidence and the need for an adequate VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder is related to his service or any service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of his right foot/ankle disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD), which are remanded.

The Veteran's service connection claims for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and an acquired psychiatric condition are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's claim of increased rating for left knee condition and service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder are both remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Board has granted service connection for a left ankle disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, a cervical spine disability, and left and right shoulder disabilities due to potential errors in fact or law.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD and depression, is granted service connection. The thrombosis, poor circulation, and edema are denied due to lack of a causal relationship with service.

The Board denied service connection for Hypertensive Vascular Disease (claimed as high blood pressure) due to the lack of evidence showing its onset during active service or being related to an in-service injury or disease.,Service connection was also denied for PTSD, with the Board finding no credible evidence of its onset during service and insufficient evidence linking it to any current disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for fibromyalgia, CFS, IBS, and a psychiatric disability to include PTSD due to unclear etiology and lack of conclusive pathophysiology or etiology. Additional VA examinations are needed to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the appellant's current acquired psychiatric disability was incurred during her military service, particularly due to a reported military sexual trauma. As such, the Board finds that the appellant does have a current acquired psychiatric disability and it is causally related to her in-service military sexual trauma.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete information regarding the Veteran's in-service stressors and a need for a VA psychiatric examination to determine the nature and etiology of any posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further evaluation due to an inadequate medical opinion. The Veteran's psychiatric condition is being reviewed again as it may be related to service, but the current evidence does not clearly and unmistakably show he had a pre-existing disorder.

The Board has granted a 70 percent disability rating for the service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, effective June 22, 2015. The right knee and TDIU issues have been remanded.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for headaches is granted. The Board has also remanded the issue of service connection for a psychiatric disability claimed as a sleep disorder including as secondary to his service-connected lumbar and/or cervical spine disorders.

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for PTSD, right hip disability, left hip disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's reported stressors.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, stomach disability, and heart disability are all found to be secondary to his service-connected lymphoma.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence in his records and the need for additional examinations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as he does not have a current disability for VA purposes.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for neck, left shoulder, right shoulder, left wrist, and right wrist disorders are remanded due to the need for additional development of his treatment records from Community Care providers.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for left foot and right foot disorders are remanded due to the need for an adequate opinion addressing whether these disabilities are related to service.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a sleep disorder, including sleep apnea, is remanded due to the need for an adequate opinion addressing whether this disability is related to service or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and head injury (claimed as CTE) are remanded due to the need for an adequate opinion addressing whether these disabilities are related to service.