Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2023

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and alcohol use disorder, is granted as related to service. His alcohol use disorder is also granted on secondary basis due to his service-connected coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction and tinnitus.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability is remanded due to the need for a medical opinion and additional evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for memory loss, lung condition, and psychiatric disorder due to new evidence and further development is needed.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for insomnia disorder is granted. The claims for GERD, lumbar spine disability, cervical spine disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy, essential tremor, and an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder) are all remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient opinions regarding his psychiatric, skin, neurological, digestive, and genitourinary disabilities. The orthopedic claims are also being remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the issues of service connection for right and left knee conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and dismissed the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to the grant of service connection. The Veteran's hearing loss is rated as non-compensable.

The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied because his Naval service from April 1984 to August 1986 was other than honorable, which constitutes a bar to VA benefits.

The Veteran's claim for an initial disability rating of 70 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, was granted effective March 24, 2016. The VA determined that the Veteran's condition manifested occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a back disability, diabetes, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to potential errors in the examination provided. The Veteran will need to undergo further examinations to address these issues.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding insufficient credible evidence to substantiate the in-service personal assaults and thus no nexus between these allegations and any currently diagnosed psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current psychiatric disability, including PTSD and related conditions like anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and Bipolar I Disorder, is related to his service stressors. The appeal for service connection is granted.

The Board has remanded the claims for an effective date prior to March 17, 2021 for service connection and rating of psychiatric disability and bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran needs to provide evidence that he submitted a complete application before March 17, 2021 and VA treatment records from Dr. Cobb.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, specifically regarding the Veteran's schizophrenia and its relation to service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient compliance with previous directives and needs further examination to determine if a diagnosed psychiatric disorder is related to service or caused by service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a back disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to a back disability, and alcoholism due to inadequate VA examination opinions. The Veteran's in-service injury must be addressed in order to determine if his current conditions are related to service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain VA medical nexus opinions addressing all of the Veteran's diagnosed acquired psychiatric disabilities and his contentions.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, psoriasis, a status post colon removal condition, and diabetes mellitus. The appellant's preexisting personality disorder was not aggravated by service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling an examination. The appeal is granted in part as new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The Board has remanded the case for further development, including verification of an in-service sexual assault stressor and a VA psychiatric examination.