Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims to reopen for service connection for lumbar spine disorder, residuals of head injury, acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, dysthymic disorder, and anxiety), and seizure disorder. The effective dates have not been established.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for asthma and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology. The Veteran contends that his current conditions are related to service, particularly his active duty in Germany.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right wrist disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), and headaches have been denied. The case is REMANDED to obtain additional evidence and determine the appropriate rating.

The Board has remanded the cases due to outstanding private treatment records from Dr. W.H.B.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection due to full grants of other issues on appeal, including hypertension and bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy. The claim for TDIU was also dismissed as the evaluation for congestive heart failure associated with diabetes mellitus type II with hypertension rendered it moot.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including obtaining service personnel records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the severity of his bilateral hearing loss, acquired psychiatric disability, low back disability, headaches, and stroke. The TDIU claim will also be remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and its relation to his service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for HIV, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and nodes on testicles due to inadequate opinions regarding their etiology. The case will be returned for further development.

The Veteran's service connection claims for tinnitus, traumatic brain injury, and acquired psychiatric disability are all granted. The claim for traumatic brain injury is denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to the need for VA examinations and additional records.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and has remanded the remaining issues due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims for a broken right zygomatic arch, missing tooth for VA compensation, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression, GAD, panic disorder, and/or PTSD), sleep disorder, facial scars, and back disability due to incomplete development of records.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for psychiatric disability, headache disability, and nasal disability is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and records.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorder is rated at 30 percent prior to June 10, 2019 and at 50 percent from that date onwards. The rating for the left ankle disability was increased to 30 percent from January 26, 2022 onwards.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been reopened. The appeal of the rating in excess of 20 percent for left knee instability is dismissed. The claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and depression or TBI, are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA psychiatric examination to determine if any identified psychiatric disability had its onset during active service or is related to any incident of service, including reported traumatic events.

The Veteran's CAD is rated at 100% effective from November 18, 2019. His acquired psychiatric disorder remains at a 70% rating.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD and a schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, as well as his claim for TDIU due to lack of evidence supporting these claims.

Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted.,The claim for service connection for Arnold-Chiari malformation and migraine headaches related to it is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and examinations.,Service connection for migraine headaches secondary to Arnold-Chiari malformation is also remanded.

The Board has determined that additional evidentiary development is necessary due to the timeliness of a VA Form 9 submitted in May 2018. The other issues on appeal are inextricably intertwined with this determination and will be remanded for further consideration.