Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for psychiatric disability, bladder disability, and bilateral pes planus due to errors in the AOJ's decision.

The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no current diagnosis of hearing loss that meets the regulatory threshold.,The Veteran's claim for psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no evidence linking his current condition to service.

The Veteran's chronic bilateral dry eye is granted a disability rating of 20 percent on and after February 19, 2020. Service connection for psychiatric, cervical spine, and IBS disabilities are denied.

The Board has granted secondary service connection for headaches, an acquired psychiatric disability (including depression and anxiety), and OSA, all of which are found to be proximately due or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected back condition.

Your appeal has been dismissed because the Veteran died during the pendency of your claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between the condition and active service.,The Veteran's right wrist tendon strain, right ankle tendonitis, and lumbar disability are remanded for further evaluation due to inadequate examination reports.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) is remanded due to incomplete VA records not being obtained.

Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been granted.,The matter of secondary service connection for left and right knee disorders to a back disability is being remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of schizophrenia, stating that there was no legal basis to assign such a date and that the earliest allowed effective date is August 16, 2012.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, is found to have had its onset during his active-duty service. The Board granted the claim for service connection based on the evidence showing a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder and credible testimony linking it to service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current condition is related to his in-service personal assault/military sexual trauma (MST).

The Board has denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder, eye disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, GAD, MDD). The case is being remanded to obtain verification of in-service stressors and to provide appropriate examinations.,Service connection will be considered if the Veteran's current condition is found to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression/anxiety, was rated at 50% prior to January 21, 2010. The VA granted a TDIU based on the service-connected disabilities, effective from July 26, 2006.

The Board has remanded the case due to a procedural issue where the AOJ did not accept the Appellant's timely VA Form 20-0996 Higher Level Review request for review of the June 2020 decision. The AOJ should now conduct a higher level review.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of May 8, 2019, for his TDIU award due to lack of factual support for unemployability prior to that date.

The Board has remanded the cases for obtaining Social Security Administration (SSA) disability records as they may be relevant to the Veteran's claim of service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the cases due to errors in pre-decisional duty-to-assist and for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and sleep disorder.

The Veteran's back disability is granted service connection and a 50 percent rating for his psychiatric disability prior to September 29, 2019. The appeal is denied for the period after that date.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, is granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's claims for higher evaluations of his arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome (low back pain), radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity are dismissed.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error, requiring a VA examination and causal linkage opinion for the Veteran's diagnosed psychiatric conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for muscle/joint pain, fatigue, chest pains/shortness of breath, and sleep disturbance due to service in the Persian Gulf. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these conditions based on exposure to burning oil wells and toxic chemicals during his military service.