Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected heart disability, denied a higher rating for the heart disability, and granted ratings of 10 percent for scars on the lower left leg and anterior chest.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability to correct errors in the development of the claims.

The Board granted initial ratings of 70 percent for a psychiatric disability, 40 percent for a low back disability, and 20 percent each for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve and femoral nerve. The claim for an initial rating greater than 30 percent for irritable bowel syndrome was denied.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for a psychiatric disability, back disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, a right knee disorder, a left knee disorder, a neck disorder, and chronic fatigue. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea, headache disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were remanded.

The Board granted a 60 percent rating for prostate cancer with residuals, denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for tachycardia and an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction, and granted service connection for a psychiatric disability.

The Board granted the petitions to readjudicate claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disability, while denying service connection for lower back, kidney, diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and sleep apnea.

The Veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia, secondary to TBI, qualifies for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on a greater need for aid and attendance.

The Board dismissed all service connection claims due to the Veteran's death, as there is no substituted appellant for this appeal.

The appeal to reverse or revise the October 2007 and February 2014 rating decisions was denied as there was no clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in either decision.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and higher initial ratings for psychiatric, left shoulder, right hand tremors, left hand tremors, and allergic rhinitis disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder with anxious distress, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The claims for onychomycosis and tinea pedis, right gastrocnemius tear, right shoulder pain, and TMJ joint pain and dysfunction were remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a lack of evidence and the need for a VA examination.

The Board is remanding the claims for service connection due to a regulatory duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that it was at least as likely as not incurred in service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia on the basis other than clear and unmistakable error (CUE), finding that March 3, 2008 is the earliest possible effective date.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbosacral strain, left hip disability, right hip disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxious distress, with intermittent major depressive episodes, as additional evidence needs to be considered.

The Board granted service connection for multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCSS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) secondary to MCSS, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and panic disorder, secondary to MCSS.

The Board granted service connection for a right ankle disability, diagnosed as chronic right ankle sprain. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for complete loss of sense of smell, an acquired psychiatric disability, a low back disability, a respiratory disability, and tinnitus to schedule VA examinations.