Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for left shoulder, right knee, lung, and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder (psychiatric disability) claims while granting service connection for the psychiatric disability. The Board also denied increased ratings for various conditions including right ankle arthralgia, tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, and hypertension.

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia as well as the claim for entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 USC Chapter 35, so that the RO may first consider the Veteran's contentions related to clear and unmistakable error in the July 12, 1982, rating decision on appeal.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding the Veteran's reported onset of symptoms during active-duty service is etiologically related to his current condition.

The Board denied service connection for various disorders, including an acquired psychiatric disorder and disorders of the back, neck, right and left knee, and right and left feet, as there was no evidence to show that the Veteran has been diagnosed or treated for any of these disorders at any time during the pendency of the claim.

The Board granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claims for a lower back condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, left and right hip disorders, an acquired psychiatric disorder, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or related to active duty. The claim for sleep apnea was remanded for further examination.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a sleep disorder due to untimely filing of the appeal. The claim for an acquired psychiatric condition was remanded for further development.

The appeal for entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for irritable bowel syndrome, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, and service connection for an eye injury (claimed as shot in eye) were dismissed due to procedural defects.

The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee strain and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to a need for additional evidence.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was granted a rating of 70 percent, and TDIU and DEA benefits were also granted prior to December 9, 2015.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for right knee osteoarthritis and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome. The other issues, including service connection for various conditions, were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for Parkinsonism and/or Parkinson's disease, which is presumed related to in-service herbicide agent exposure under the PACT Act. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was denied.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 18, 2021, for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and major depressive disorder with anxious distress, as well as left knee strain status post arthroscopic surgery, right knee strain status post arthroscopic surgery, and lumbosacral strain with IVDS, to include as secondary to service-connected bilateral hip disabilities, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and denied service connection for a right ankle sprain.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right ankle.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and bronchitis have been granted or denied specific ratings, with a TDIU being granted based on the psychiatric condition.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include depression and anxiety, finding that it is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chest pain and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety, depression, and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, as additional evidence is needed.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as there is no credible evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's active duty service.