Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for tonsil infection, bowel strike, acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder, anxiety, and dementia), and Parkinson's Disease. The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted effective June 16, 2021. The decision is based on new evidence submitted after the January 2018 rating decision.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied, but he is now granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, including Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder NOS, and Panic Disorder. The diagnoses are based on his in-service knee pain and subsequent mental health issues.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded to determine if he has a separate diagnosis of an acquired mental disability beyond his personality disorder, and whether any such disabilities are proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, joint pain, fatigue, and sleep apnea due to lack of a current diagnosis. The issues of service connection for these conditions are remanded as the Veteran's in-service exposures may be related.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is granted, but the Board finds that there have been insufficient efforts to corroborate his in-service stressors. The case is remanded for further development and an examination.

The Board has granted service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence of in-service stressors for PTSD, but found that the Veteran may have an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The claim is being remanded again for a VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus, is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between his insomnia and his service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are found to be related to service, while his acquired psychiatric disabilities are also granted as they began during service.

The appeal for eligibility to a fee as the Veteran's agent based on past-due benefits awarded in a February 2021 rating decision is dismissed.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder was granted effective October 19, 2017. The appeal of the reasonableness of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the November 2020 rating decision is remanded.

The Board has remanded the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to insufficient medical evidence and a need for a VA examination.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, hearing loss disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability. The evidence does not support a finding of in-service incurrence or aggravation of these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of schizophrenia is granted with an effective date of August 22, 2024. The Board found that the claim was received within one year after separation from service and thus grants the earliest possible effective date.

The Veteran's GERD is granted with a 30% evaluation, but the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending and requires further examination.

The Board has decided that a readjudication of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is warranted due to new and relevant evidence. The case is now remanded for further review.

The Board dismissed the appeal for entitlement to service connection for a lower lumbar condition due to a deferred decision. The right knee and acquired psychiatric disorder (including anxiety, short-term memory loss) issues are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to a duty to assist error and the need to adjudicate secondary service connection for ankle disabilities. The AOJ is instructed to ensure all VA treatment records have been associated with the claims file, and then to adjudicate the secondary service connection claim.

The Veteran's hypertension was not found to meet the criteria for a compensable rating.,Bilateral hearing loss and psychiatric disorders were not diagnosed or service-connected.