Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The Board has denied service connection for back, sleep, and acquired psychiatric disabilities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service. The case is remanded for further review regarding potential herbicide exposure.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's death was caused by a service-connected disability, and whether any service-connected psychiatric disorder contributed to his substance abuse disorder or contributed to his death.

The Veteran's application to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability was granted. The claim is now reopened, and a new medical opinion found that her bipolar disorder began during active service.,The Veteran's application to reopen the claim for service connection for bilateral eye disability was also granted. However, the evidence did not relate to any in-service injury or disease, and the Board found no relationship between her current presbyopia and active service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA and private treatment records. The Board also found that a new examination is needed in several cases.

The Board has granted an extraschedular TDIU for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and sinusitis prior to June 3, 2020, finding that his disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no credible evidence to support his claimed in-service stressor and concluding that his current psychiatric condition is not related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to issue a Statement of the Case (SOC) for the service connection claim. The Veteran must submit a VA Form 9 within 60 days to perfect his appeal.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bipolar disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient compliance with previous remand instructions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a liver disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete development, including obtaining VA medical opinions on the etiology of these conditions. The appellant's claim for service-connected and nonservice-connected burial benefits is inextricably intertwined with the pending claims.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of VA examination and requested documentation. The Veteran is seeking service connection for left knee disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including delusional disorder and depression.

The Board denied the Veteran's attempts to reopen his previously denied claims for service connection of meningitis and schizophrenia, paranoid type (claimed as mental health condition). The evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.

The petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as his service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD due to incomplete development of stressor events.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including MDD, MDD with psychotic features, anxiety, cyclothymia, delusional disorder, unspecified personality disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The decision concluded that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his active duty or to his service-connected sleep apnea.

Service connection is granted for right and left knee disabilities, as well as a right shoulder disability.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) related to military sexual trauma has been remanded for further examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to a procedural defect in the initial filing of his Notice of Disagreement (NOD). The case will be returned for issuance of a Statement of the Case (SOC) and the Veteran must file a substantive appeal to proceed.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, as there is no current diagnosis of a mental health condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further action due to incomplete verification of stressors and additional development is needed. The bilateral eye condition claim remains denied, while the PTSD claim is remanded.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD has been reopened, but the case is remanded due to insufficient evidence and need for a new VA examination.