Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The Veteran's asthma is rated at 10 percent, but the Board has found no evidence of daily inhalational or oral bronchodilator therapy. The low back and psychiatric disorders are not service-connected.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and events during military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence and for further development of the TDIU claim.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) due to inadequate development of evidence, including the need for a VA medical opinion on the relationship between any diagnosed conditions and in-service stressors.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for increased ratings remain before it and have been remanded due to the need for additional medical evidence and examinations.

The Veteran's appeal for a temporary total evaluation due to hospital treatment in excess of 21 days is denied, and the matter of an initial rating for service-connected acquired psychiatric disability is remanded.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and mood disorders, related to military sexual trauma is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities is currently rated at 30 percent prior to July 12, 2021 and 20 percent thereafter. The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve) is currently rated at 20 percent throughout the appeal period.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder remains in dispute and has been remanded for further examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examinations and failure to consider the Veteran's prior medical history. The case will be returned for further development, including obtaining new VA psychiatric and back examinations.

The Board has denied service connection for PTSD due to lack of credible supporting evidence that the alleged in-service stressor occurred. The case is remanded for further examination and consideration of other psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety.

The Board has remanded several claims for higher initial ratings, including those for TBI and psychiatric disability, thoracic spine disability, and migraine headaches. Additional development is required to obtain VA treatment records and schedule the Veteran for a VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for migraines, bilateral flat feet, a bilateral shoulder condition, asthma, cervical spine condition, thoracolumbar spine condition, and bilateral knee conditions are being remanded as further medical examination is needed to determine the nature and cause of these disabilities.,Your current hearing loss disability is currently rated as noncompensable. The Veteran's claim for an increased rating remains denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability has been granted. The claims for stomach condition, left knee disability, right knee disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder have been remanded due to the need for additional evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability was rated at 50 percent prior to March 19, 2019. The claim for a higher rating in that period is denied.,As of March 19, 2019, the Veteran's psychiatric disability warrants a 70 percent rating.

The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to incomplete development. The AOJ will resend the VA Form 21-4192 to his last employer, Naval Air Station North Island, for employment information.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions addressing his claimed conditions and their relationship to his service-connected disabilities. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Veteran's claims for left shoulder condition, diabetes mellitus, type II, and acquired psychiatric disorder have been reopened. However, the claim to reopen for sleep condition, hepatitis C, and hypertension has not been successful.,Entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for sensory and motor neuropathy of the right lower extremity is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected regional complex pain syndrome of left lower extremity.,Service connection has also been granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and insomnia.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and granted for left ear hearing loss, acquired psychiatric disability (variously diagnosed to include chronic adjustment disorder and unspecified depressive disorder), left foot disability, and bilateral knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for heat stroke residuals and psychiatric residuals related to in-service heat stroke episodes due to the Veteran's failure to report for a VA examination.