Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, is granted as secondary to his service-connected lung cancer. The effective date for the grant of service connection for lung cancer is March 8, 2016.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a left wrist condition due to inadequate medical opinions and incomplete STRs. The Veteran will need to provide additional military records, undergo VA examinations, and receive updated medical nexus opinions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as panic attacks, is granted service connection. The appeals for respiratory infections, hearing loss, tinnitus, digestive disease, Barrett's esophagus, asthma, and sleep issues are dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of these claims.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD and schizophrenia. The AOJ is instructed to verify the Veteran's reported stressors in Cambodia during his reserve service and schedule a VA psychiatric examination.

The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and residuals of back injury has been granted. The cases are remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and providing opinions on the etiology of the conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection is being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding his claimed conditions, including whether they are related to his in-service right third toe exostosis and/or any other service-connected condition.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability was granted a 30% rating prior to March 19, 2020. After that date, the claim for an increased rating is denied.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder resulted in a TDIU from September 21, 2017.

The Veteran's service connection claim for a chronic psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, an alcohol-related disorder secondary to PTSD and bipolar disorder, and a left foot disability has been granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine disability, and radiculopathy of both lower extremities due to lack of a current diagnosis for PTSD and failure to cooperate with VA examination requests.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, finding that the Veteran does not have such a condition related to his military service.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's left knee, right foot and ankle, and acquired psychiatric disabilities. The issues have been remanded for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's service connection claims for left ear hearing loss and a psychiatric condition, to include PTSD, are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and examinations.

The Board has found that further development is necessary before it can adjudicate the Veteran's claim on the merits, including obtaining private treatment records from Dr. David M. O'Brien and scheduling a VA examination to determine the likely etiology of a psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims of bilateral hearing loss, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD), and a separate compensable rating for gastritis due to incomplete development and lack of adequate medical opinions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, cervical spine disability, and radiculopathy of the left upper extremity are all granted service connection. The claims were initially denied in a November 2010 rating decision but have been reconsidered due to additional evidence obtained after that decision.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded to determine if her employment from February 10, 1998, to December 31, 2003, was marginal or substantially gainful under the guidance provided by VA regulations. The AOJ must also obtain a retrospective medical opinion addressing the functional effects of her service-connected psychiatric disability prior to January 1, 2004.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and treatment records.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is rated at a 70 percent rating for the appeal period prior to April 26, 2017. The claim for higher ratings on irritable bowel syndrome and TDIU remains pending.

Service connection is granted for cervical strain, to include cervical disc herniation.,Service connection is also granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression and anxiety).,Temporary total evaluation (TTE) for convalescence following October 27, 2017, neck surgery is remanded.,Service connection is remanded for a scar, status post appendectomy.,Service connection is also remanded for migraines, to include as secondary to service-connected neck condition.