Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type disability based on evidence showing its onset during active duty.

The Board granted service connection for dry eyes disability, but remanded the claims for psychiatric condition and alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a bilateral foot condition, including pes planus, as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or incurrence in service.

The Veteran was granted an award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and renal cancer, but the appeal for a higher level of SMC due to the need for a higher level of care in addition to regular aid and attendance was denied.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome and a mental disorder as the claims were fully granted by the AOJ.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression and bipolar disorder.

The Board granted service connection for right knee pain, left ankle pain, and right ankle pain but denied service connection for skin facial, respiratory complaints, hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure), lower back pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety; and alcohol dependence, uncomplicated.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder and schizophrenia, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his active service.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining a new VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.

The Board remands the matter for an addendum opinion to address conflicting evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric condition, including whether it is related to service or aggravated by a service-connected disability.

The appeals for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, residuals of a stab wound to the back, spleen disability, liver disability, and heart disability are dismissed due to untimely filings.

The Board restored the 70% rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and denied a higher rating, while remanding the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's claim was not continuously pursued under the modernized appeal system.

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is dismissed due to a procedural defect.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, migraine headaches, a back condition, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as the evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted a 10-percent rating for the Veteran's plantar wart right foot and service connection for tinnitus, while remanding several other claims for further development.

The character of the appellant's discharge from active military service is not a bar to the receipt of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits, and service connection was granted for bilateral pes planus and bilateral tinnitus. However, service connection was denied for acquired psychiatric disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI), heel spurs condition, right knee, left knee, lower lumbar back, hypertension, hemorrhoids, and sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for a recurrent kidney disability and psychiatric disability to ensure all necessary evidence is obtained.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sinusitis, but remanded claims for post-traumatic osteoarthritis and osteoporosis due to a need for further evidence.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to provide a new VA examination as the previous one was deemed inadequate.