Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The Veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for her acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression, has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder has rendered him unemployable prior to February 20, 2019. The Board is remanding the case for referral to the Compensation Service Director for consideration of whether a TDIU should be granted on an extraschedular basis.

Your appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed due to administrative error. The Board already addressed this issue in a previous decision under a different docket number.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, specifically depression, finding that the Veteran's current depressive symptoms are at least as likely as not related to his active service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a right hip disability, an acquired psychiatric disability, and a respiratory disability due to missing service treatment records.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the failure of VA examinations. The Veteran is requested to provide updated evidence, including rescheduling of examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including a substance-induced mood disorder, finding that there is no current diagnosis and no evidence linking such disorders to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claim for an initial increased rating for right knee tendonitis is being remanded due to new evidence received after the appeal was transferred to the Board.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 21, 2017 for the grant of TDIU. The decision found that the date of entitlement was July 21, 2017, when service connection for a psychiatric disorder was granted and combined with other disabilities made the Veteran unemployable.

The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and development of records.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the appellant withdrew her appeals for an increased rating and earlier effective date for acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD).

The Veteran's service connection claims for left knee, left hip, right hip, hernia, bilateral hearing loss, and psychiatric disability (PTSD) have been granted.

The Veteran's dementia and acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety) are granted as service connected. The claim for TDIU is remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to inaccuracies in a previous VA examination, and another examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a psychiatric examination to determine the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disorder. Service connection is not granted for TBI or lumbar spine condition.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are granted. The neck condition, vascular disease of both legs, and PTSD claims were denied due to lack of a link to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder of depression is due to events he experienced during military service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied as there is no current diagnosis of PTSD.,The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss was also denied.

The Veteran's claim for a nonservice-connected pension is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and examination.

The Veteran's initial 10% disability rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to a lack of a contemporaneous examination.