Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder, effective January 20, 2018, and the claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for bilateral plantar fasciitis was denied.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was granted a rating of 70 percent, and the ratings for his right and left lower extremity impairments were increased to 60 percent, effective July 29, 2016. The claims for higher ratings for upper extremity impairments were denied.

The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective July 1, 2020.

The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including cervical spine and thoracolumbar spine disabilities, radiculopathies, a bladder disability, headaches, a left knee disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and bilateral conjunctivitis. The Board also granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the condition and an in-service incident of military sexual trauma (MST).

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the Veteran's symptoms and his military service.

The Board granted total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's unspecified mental disorder.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the claims for a right knee condition, left knee condition, and low back condition.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding the presumption of soundness at entrance into service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder with cocaine use disorder and alcohol use disorder, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to January 19, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for an unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder in sustained remission, denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than an anxiety disorder or alcohol use disorder (depression and insomnia), and denied service connection for erectile dysfunction.

The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for painful right gluteal cleft scar, a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis, and service connection for left shoulder pain and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of May 29, 2019 for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied earlier effective dates and increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted the request to readjudicate the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder (previously claimed as depression) based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied service connection for bilateral shoulder strain and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right knee disorder, and a lumbar spine disorder.