Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, including a detailed report from his private psychologist. The claim for service connection for PTSD is being reconsidered as part of this process.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and thus the Veteran's current disability rating for his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder must be reconsidered.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, but the issue of service connection for PTSD remains pending and will be remanded to attempt to corroborate the Veteran's account of serving as a confidential informant during service.

The appeal for whether new and relevant evidence has been received sufficient to readjudicate the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is dismissed because a similar appeal was already pending.

The Board has decided to remand several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including a right ankle fracture rating claim and service connection for various conditions. The Veteran will need to provide new evidence within 90 days of his scheduled hearing date.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury, headache disorder, lower back disorder, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy are all remanded due to inadequate examinations and development.

The Veteran's service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, limitation of motion of the ankle, tinnitus, and bilateral hearing loss have been granted. The issues are dismissed as they were fully addressed in a prior rating decision.

The Board has found that the Veteran's diabetes, hypertension, PTSD and OSA are related to service. The appeal is granted for all four conditions.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for TDIU and DEA benefits prior to March 24, 2020, finding that he did not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board also found that the appellant was not unemployable as a result of his service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted a 70 percent rating, effective from the date of the August 2020 decision. The claim for TDIU is remanded due to incomplete employment information.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms began during active service and resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors and for further development of secondary service connection claims.

The Board has denied the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as there is no evidence of a current disability during the period on appeal.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are remanded due to a failure to obtain VA examinations that addressed the severity of his psychiatric disability, as well as whether any service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated hypertension and GERD.

The Veteran's TDIU was granted based on a supplemental claim filed in February 2021, which addressed the initial rating decision from February 3, 2021. The award of past-due benefits for TDIU is eligible for attorney fees.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD is denied, but his claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD (specifically Chronic Adjustment Disorder) is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as nervous condition) has been granted. Service connection for chronic sinusitis is also granted, but the Veteran's prostate cancer and chronic kidney disease claims remain denied.

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The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his honorable period of Marine Corps service. The Board also noted that his second period of Navy service, which ended in dishonorable conditions, could not be considered for VA benefits.

The Board has determined that the VA examination and medical opinion in September 2020 are inadequate, requiring further development to determine the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.