Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The appeal with respect to the Veteran's prostate disability is dismissed. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted, but the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending and will be remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right hand condition, a low back condition, and a right leg condition due to failure of VA to provide proper notice and examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus, type 2, a back and/or cervical spine disorder, hypertension, and a right knee disorder due to various procedural issues.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his current condition did not manifest during service and is not otherwise etiologically related to his active service.

The Board has remanded the cases for further adjudication due to issues related to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, including a retrospective opinion regarding the August 2003 hospitalization diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, right shoulder disorder, and other disabilities. The claims are pending further development.

The Board has dismissed the service connection for left elbow lateral epicondylitis (left elbow condition) as it was granted in an October 2023 rating decision. The issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a right knee condition are remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was denied as his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there is no persuasive evidence of a current diagnosis of a psychiatric disability under DSM-5.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence linking any current psychiatric disability to service. The Veteran's claims for service connection are now pending and will be reconsidered with a new examination.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety and depressive disorders, is granted. However, the claim for PTSD is denied.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the issues of anemia, degenerative disc disease, hypertension, and heart murmur have been withdrawn. The appeal as to these issues is dismissed.,Service connection has been granted for sleep apnea, sinus disability (variously diagnosed as sinusitis and rhinitis), nasoseptal deformity, and right shoulder disability.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and relationship of the Veteran's conditions to his military service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability and an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that there is no evidence of current disabilities or a causal relationship to military service.

The Veteran's appeal of the issue regarding service connection for Stevens-Johnson syndrome has been dismissed due to his withdrawal. The other issues have been remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, was granted service connection. The reductions in evaluations for tendonitis status post De Quervain's syndrome of the right wrist and left wrist were denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's April 2018 Notice of Disagreement was timely filed in response to a January 2017 rating decision denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and a right knee disability, as well as a claim for increased ratings for ganglion cyst of the right wrist. The Board has therefore granted the Veteran's appeal on these issues.

The Veteran's adjustment disorder with depressed mood and unspecified schizophrenia is rated at 50 percent from March 27, 2019. The appeal for a higher rating remains pending.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine if service connection should be granted for right wrist condition, left wrist condition, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's low back pain and dysfunction, neck pain and dysfunction, right hip pain and dysfunction, and left hip pain and dysfunction are all granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's psychiatric disorder (posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, other specified trauma/stressor related disorder) is also granted as service-connected.