Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Board has granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, but has remanded the claim for a higher rating of his migraine disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, OSA, hypertension, and hand disabilities have been denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.,Service connection was not granted because the medical records do not show any current diagnoses or symptoms related to these conditions during or after his military service.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and remands the cases for further action.

The Board has decided to remand all of the Veteran's claims due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ must obtain her complete service personnel records, including those related to her Pennsylvania National Guard service and verify all active duty for training (ACDUTRA) or inactive duty of training (INACDUTRA) dates.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to readjudicate the claim for service connection for memory loss. The case is remanded due to a lack of an adequate VA examination in the context of the acquired psychiatric disorder claim.

The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a sleeping disorder as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claims are being remanded due to a duty to assist error, specifically the need for a VA examination prior to the SOC on appeal.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis and GERD, as well as service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, were dismissed. The Board also remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and remands the cases for further action.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type with moderate alcohol use disorder. The appeal regarding an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a service-connected cervical strain is remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of November 8, 2019 for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder is granted based on continuous pursuit of the claim.

The Veteran's asthma claim is granted, and the psychiatric disorder claim is remanded for further examination and determination of service connection.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted, but only for the period of service from April 6, 1995 to August 5, 1999. The character of discharge for the second period of service (August 6, 1999 to May 2, 2002) is dishonorable and constitutes a bar to VA benefits, except for health care purposes.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and an unspecified personality disorder. The Veteran's appeal seeking an initial rating greater than 70% for his PTSD was also denied.,The Board found no current disability for the right shoulder disorder and concluded that the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms could not be reliably differentiated from his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to duty-to-assist errors, including failing to provide a VA examination for PTSD and relying on an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, is related to his service. The evidence is balanced as to whether the Veteran's psychiatric diagnoses were caused by his service, and after resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran, the Board finds that service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is warranted.

The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability and denied a TDIU prior to July 24, 2014. The most probative evidence did not support a higher rating due to the Veteran's symptoms.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, is found to be related to her active-duty service.,There is insufficient evidence to establish a link between the Veteran's cervical spine disability and her active-duty service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a right thumb wound, headache disability, right eye scar, head trauma, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left ear injury, right arm scar, chest scar, forehead scar, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety). The evidence does not support current diagnoses of these conditions.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder (MDD), finding that his current symptoms are related to events he experienced during service. Service connection is denied for PTSD due to lack of verified in-service stressor.

The Board found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, diagnosed as schizophrenia, paranoid type, was not incurred in or aggravated by service. The condition preexisted service and was clearly and unmistakably not aggravated during service.