Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The Veteran's claim for a disability rating of 10 percent for varicocele of the left testicle is granted. The Veteran's claim for SMC Cr. Org. is denied. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to varicocele and erectile dysfunction.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete information and need for further examination. The issues of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for a lumbar spine disability, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD) are pending.

The Veteran's median neuropathy of the left upper extremity is granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's coronary artery disease is denied as not incurred or aggravated during a period of active service or ACDUTRA, and it was not caused by or aggravated by an injury incurred during a period of INACDUTRA.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded for further development to determine if it is related to his service-connected left hand disability and/or tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his active service or any service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric conditions, including PTSD and Schizophrenia, are being reviewed.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are at least as likely as not related to his military service.

The Veteran's bronchial asthma was granted a 100% rating from January 17, 2012 to August 8, 2022. The other issues remain pending and will be remanded for further review.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased ratings were dismissed. Effective May 16, 2014, a rating of 20 percent was granted for the lumbar spine disability.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder may be related to his service-connected lumbar spine disability, and thus remands the case for further examination and opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that there is no evidence to support a current diagnosis or link between his military service and any psychiatric condition.

The Veteran's service connection claims for IBS and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety disorder and insomnia, are granted. The claim for a GI disability due to undiagnosed illness is remanded.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, is at least as likely as not related to his in-service stressors. Therefore, service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board has decided that the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, should be remanded due to new evidence being added to the record since the last decision.

The Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder is related to service, but he does not have a diagnosis of PTSD. Service connection for the acquired psychiatric disability (other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder) is granted. The claims for PTSD, ED, migraines, seizure disorder (also claimed as epilepsy), and sleep apnea are remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, and also denied eligibility for treatment purposes due to the lack of evidence linking the condition to active service.

Service connection for mental disorder, heart problems, and low back disability is granted.,An initial rating higher than 10 percent for tinnitus is denied. An effective date earlier than March 1, 2017 for service connection for tinnitus is also denied.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee condition and a psychiatric condition due to new and material evidence. The cases are now remanded for further development, including obtaining missing military records and scheduling VA examinations.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including obtaining an opinion on whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is aggravated by his service-connected left knee disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and PTSD, is denied. The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD in accordance with DSM-5 criteria and concluded that the Veteran did not have a nexus between his current psychiatric disorder and service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient notice provided regarding evidence of in-service personal assaults related to PTSD and schizophrenia.