Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Board has dismissed all the issues related to service connection and increased disability ratings due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure to fulfill its duty to assist, specifically in obtaining relevant treatment records and verifying reported stressors. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being returned to the AOJ for further action.

The Board has determined that the VA medical opinion is inadequate and requires a new examination to determine if the Veteran's psychiatric disability had its onset during service or is otherwise related to service. The claim will be remanded for this purpose.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disabilities, including unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, unspecified mood disorder, alcohol use disorder in early remission, and stimulant use disorder in early remission, was denied. The effective date of the grant of service connection is July 27, 2018.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for kidney stones, including residual(s) of kidney stones, was not reopened due to lack of new and relevant evidence.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was not reopened due to lack of new and relevant evidence.,The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied as there is no evidence of VA-recognized hearing loss during the pendency of the claim.,The Veteran's claim for type II diabetes mellitus was denied as there is no evidence that it began during service or is related to an in-service injury or disease.,The Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied as there is no evidence of a current psychiatric disability at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.

The Veteran's appeal regarding service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.

Service connection has been granted for broken nose, facial scars, cervical strain with degenerative arthritis and IVDS, TBI, right ankle pain, sleep apnea as secondary to broken nose, and acquired psychiatric disability.,The Veteran's service-connected broken nose is linked to an in-service injury.

The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder has been characterized by symptoms resulting in total occupational and social impairment, leading to a grant of an increased rating of 100 percent.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for service connection for psychiatric impairment and HIV. The Veteran's claim is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error in obtaining an adequate medical opinion regarding the onset and aggravation of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, which is related to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted as service connected, but his left lower leg, right hip, and right ankle disabilities are denied.

The Veteran's appeal is dismissed due to their death, and no effective date for a disability rating can be assigned.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is aggravated by his service-connected Crohn's disease with ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease, thus granting service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the appellant's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder and chronic migraines. The VA will obtain an addendum opinion addressing these matters.

The Veteran's petition to readjudicate his claims for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a lumbosacral strain is granted due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The claims are remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a dental condition and high cholesterol was withdrawn during the August 2023 hearing. The Board dismissed these claims.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is denied as there is no persuasive evidence linking current symptoms to active service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to duty-to-assist errors, and will consider whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety, clearly and unmistakably preexisted his entrance into military service or is otherwise etiologically related to his service.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae was denied, and his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and anxiety) was also denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and Other Specified Trauma and Stressor Disorder, is related to military sexual trauma during active service. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.