Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depression with insomnia, has been reopened. The claim for service connection for a migraine headache disability is granted.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability as secondary to his service-connected asthma. The evidence shows that the Veteran's depression and anxiety were caused by his service-connected asthma, which limited his daily activities.

The Veteran's PTSD and bipolar disorder are granted as service-connected.,Service connection for a back disability is denied.

The Board has remanded the appellant's claims for additional development due to inconsistencies in his claimed service and unavailability of STRs and personnel records.

Service connection is granted for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.,Service connection is granted for gout. The VA will conduct further examination to determine the etiology of this condition.

Service connection granted for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, seborrheic dermatitis, acquired psychiatric disorder (depression with anxiety), and sleep disorder (insomnia).,Onychomycosis of the right great toenail service connection is remanded.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and evaluation of various issues, including service connection claims and a VA examination to assess the nature and etiology of GERD.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, as well as sleep apnea that is secondary to the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The Veteran was granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder was denied, with the effective date of the award being December 15, 2021.,Prior to December 15, 2021, the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent.

The Board has remanded the case due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including failing to verify in-service stressors for PTSD and providing an additional medical opinion regarding service connection.

The Veteran's service connection claims for ischemic heart disease (CAD), prostate cancer, and a psychiatric disorder secondary to prostate cancer are granted. The claim of service connection for depression is remanded due to procedural errors.

The Board has granted service connection for a deviated septum and a psychiatric disability (including PTSD) that are both related to an August 1985 assault during active duty training.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to their jurisdiction being within the legacy system.

The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD), RLE peripheral neuropathy, LLE peripheral neuropathy, RUE peripheral neuropathy, and LUE peripheral neuropathy due to new and relevant evidence received since the July 2019 rating decision.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and other trauma related stress disorder, is at least as likely as not caused by his service. Service connection for this condition is granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to errors in the duty to assist and need further examination and development of evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury, but the issue of service connection for Acquired Psychiatric Disorder is remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric condition, bilateral hearing loss, and neck and thoracolumbar spine disabilities have been granted. The claim for service connection for the thoracolumbar spine disability remains pending due to remand.

The Board has granted service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder, all secondary to the Veteran's low back disorders.