Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability and secondary to his service-connected hearing loss, tinnitus, and/or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. The issues are inextricably intertwined with the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.

Service connection is granted for allergic rhinitis, headaches, and erectile dysfunction. Service connection is reopened for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left inguinal hernia repair residuals, a prostate disorder, and erectile dysfunction.,Service connection is denied for pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability and an acquired psychiatric disability other than depressive disorder due to outstanding VA treatment records and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a facial disability, left and right knee disorders, sleep condition, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claims are being reviewed due to new evidence received since the last final rating decision.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability. The claims of service connection for prostate cancer, impotence, and acquired psychiatric disability (secondary to prostate cancer) are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development and examination to determine the severity of his right foot disability, as well as the etiology of his claimed TBI, neck, and nose disabilities. The claims for service connection are also remanded.

The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability was denied, and the claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities was also denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to comply with a previous directive for a VA examination. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being reviewed again.

The Board has remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia and paranoid type, due to a lack of VA examination. The Veteran's service treatment records indicate he was treated for improper use of psychostimulants in June 1983.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is granted. The petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for cardiomegaly is also granted.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to failure of the Veteran to report for VA examinations. The issues will be reviewed again after further development.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and bipolar disorder. The decision is based on insufficient evidence regarding the in-service stressor and incomplete service records.

The Board has determined that reconsideration is required for the Veteran's November 1983 claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, and also for the motion to revise the September 1998 rating decision on the basis of CUE. The case is being remanded to allow these issues to be addressed.

Your appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed because you opted into the Appeals Modernization Act system.

The Veteran's petition to reopen claims for PTSD and kidney failure is granted. The claim for a kidney disorder, related to service-connected psychiatric disorders, is remanded.

The Board has remanded several issues for further development and consideration, including service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression), diabetes mellitus, and tinnitus.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for COPD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a skin condition, and sleep apnea due to herbicide agent exposure. The Veteran is not provided with VA examinations as his diagnoses are current and he has provided sufficient evidence of service connection.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for PTSD and TDIU was denied. The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent prior to March 20, 2019, and 70 percent thereafter.

The Board has found that the appellant's hearing loss disability is not more severe for compensation purposes during the period on appeal than demonstrated on the audiological evaluations discussed above.,VA has failed to obtain the appellant's service treatment records and has determined that further attempts to obtain them would be futile.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right 4th rib disability has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claim during a Board hearing.,Service connection for a hearing loss disability is denied because there is no current evidence of VA compensable hearing loss and no medical opinion linking any current hearing deficit to military service.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, specifically Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), has been remanded as the July 2017 VA examination did not consider his treatment at Clearlake Community-Based Outpatient Clinic for an acquired psychiatric diagnosis.