Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The remaining claims for psychiatric, back, sciatica, headaches, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, and hypertension are remanded.

The Veteran's compensation benefits were reduced due to his incarceration, and a debt of $76,157.56 was created. The Board is remanded for another audit to determine if there was sole administrative error in the creation of this debt.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a brain lesion is remanded due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between her in-service syncope and benign brain lesion, as well as the current symptoms she experiences.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD claimed as related to MST. The decision is based on the Veteran's credible lay statements and medical evidence linking her current symptoms to in-service sexual harassment.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any current acquired psychiatric disorder, as related to service. The Veteran's reports about events during his military service are considered in making this determination.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for any acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as due to MST. The case is remanded for further development and readjudication.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claims for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, knee, hand, wrist, foot, and eye conditions, as well as a psychiatric disability (PTSD), are remanded due to insufficient evidence or need for further evaluation.

The Board has granted service connection for headaches as secondary to service-connected allergic sinusitis. The issues of whether the character of discharge and service connection for psychiatric disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnea, arthritis of the cervical spine, and arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, including major depressive disorder and insomnia, finding that there was no evidence of a disease or injury incurred during active duty.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and hypertension are granted as service-connected due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The case is remanded for a VA examination regarding the Veteran's hypertension.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for right and left shoulder conditions, right and left-hand carpal tunnel, lower back condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to comply with prior Board decisions regarding the verification of stressor events and scheduling a VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied, but the Court remanded it to consider an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, including depression.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, including depression, is granted.

The Veteran's hypertension has been granted an initial 10 percent rating effective September 29, 2017.,Service connection for the lumbar spine disability, tinnitus, and hypertension have all been granted with effective dates of September 29, 2017.,Service connection for a left knee disability has not been established.,Service connection for a right knee disability has not been established.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (social anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder) has been granted.

The Board has found that the record is incomplete and requires additional service records to be associated with the claims file. The Veteran's psychiatric, low back, right wrist, bilateral foot, and sleep apnea disabilities are also remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran's low back disability is granted as service-connected.,PTSD with sleep disturbance and anxiety, along with MDD with insomnia secondary to herpes simplex are both granted as service-connected.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and a skin disability. The former is related to his in-service stressors, while the latter is linked to his exposure during active duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for loss of voice and service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims.

The Board has reopened the previously denied claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and asthma, but has remanded the remaining issues due to need for additional development.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to insufficient evidence and need further development. Specifically, the VA needs to determine if the Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents in Vietnam, provide a new examination to address the medical nexus between hepatitis C and hypertension, and clarify the nature of any other conditions claimed.