Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of his PTSD, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder. The claims are being returned for further development.

The Board has remanded the claims due to new evidence being added to the record, and these matters need to be reconsidered by the AOJ.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions and requests for additional development regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including a potential link to Gulf War exposure.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient verification of in-service stressors and incomplete development. The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including PTSD, may be related to his service, but a definitive opinion is needed. The seizure disability may also be linked to his psychiatric disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations to assess the current severity of his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, coronary artery disease, and other conditions.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient verification of in-service stressors and the need for a supplemental VA opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

Service connection is granted for acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Alcohol disorder, Major Depression Disorder (MDD), and Bipolar II.,Service connection is also granted for gastritis, GERD, lumbosacral strain, visual impairment, and erectile dysfunction.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder has rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board granted a TDIU effective from November 15, 2016.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depression, is a result of his service and grants this claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed as there is no longer a case in controversy. The issue of service connection for erectile dysfunction is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during active service.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to June 27, 2019, for the increase of his psychiatric disability rating to over 50 percent or 100 percent was denied. The Board also granted a TDIU from April 29, 2016, to June 26, 2019.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and his sleep apnea. The case will be returned for further examination and opinion.

The Board has determined that new evidence received since the last decision supports readjudicating the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, concussions, and right ear hearing loss. The claims are now granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder, is causally related to his active duty service and grants entitlement to service connection.

The VA rating decision of June 24, 2008 granted service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and assigned a 70 percent initial rating effective April 9, 2003. The Veteran's appeal to have an earlier effective date was denied as the claim had not been previously adjudicated.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for prostate cancer and various musculoskeletal and psychiatric disabilities. The issues of service connection for left hand carpal tunnel syndrome, bilateral shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disability (including anxiety and/or PTSD), sleep disability (including apnea), left hip disability, right hip disability, left leg disability, and right leg disability are all remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for chloracne, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and dysthymia (claimed as depression) have been denied. The evidence does not support a finding of new and material evidence to reopen any of these claims.,Service connection was denied on the basis that there is no current diagnosis of the claimed conditions.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of anxiety disorder with adjustment issues, aggression (acquired psychiatric disorder), left ear hearing loss, and right eye injury. The appeal for service connection of a back disability is remanded.