Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as PTSD), a neck disability, osteoarthritis of the right elbow (now claimed as a right arm disability), and right ear hearing loss. The Veteran's tinnitus was rated at 10 percent disabling, and his left ear hearing loss did not meet criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sinusitis and did not find new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication of his acquired psychiatric disorder claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is denied. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include anxiety.

The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and fibromyalgia, but granted TDIU due to the psychiatric disability. The left knee and thoracic spine issues were remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, is granted as service-connected. The claims for unspecified depressive disorder, PTSD, lumbosacral strain, sciatica (secondary to lumbosacral strain), and hiatal hernia are remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to an issue regarding whether the Veteran's neurocognitive disorder should be severed from his service-connected psychiatric disorder. The RO is directed to readjudicate this severance issue.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and sleep disturbances, as well as a back disability secondary to his inguinal hernia, have been denied. The Board found no current evidence of these conditions.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for a right leg disability and spinal disability due to the Veteran's death. The claimant did not file her request for substitution within one year of the Veteran's death.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and PTSD due to a lack of evidence showing the conditions were incurred or aggravated during active duty training.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for his acquired psychiatric disorder prior to November 20, 2017 and from November 20, 2017 was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 50% or 70% respectively.

The Veteran's service connection for chronic sleep impairment (insomnia) is granted. The claim for an increased rating for PTSD remains denied.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, finding that his current condition is related to a traumatic shooting he witnessed during active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for loss of eyesight, a mental disorder, balance issue, and shaking uncontrollably to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the issue of an increased rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain private mental health records.

The Board denied an increased disability rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder prior to January 24, 2022.

The Board has determined that there is a pre-decisional error in the decision and requires additional evidence to be obtained before deciding the claim.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression), PTSD, a back condition, high blood pressure, a hip condition, a left knee condition, skin cancer of the right arm, and sciatica are remanded due to failure to conduct VA examinations as scheduled.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as there is no competent evidence of a current disability during or proximate to the appeal period.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for further evaluation and consideration of evidence.,The Veteran is not entitled to a compensable disability rating for his left ear hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits are being remanded due to the need to consider new evidence and assess his current occupational capacity.