Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for keratosis due to the lack of a current diagnosis and evidence supporting a causal relationship between the claimed condition and the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating, concluding that his symptoms did not warrant a 70 percent or higher rating.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including heart disorder, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, lumbosacral strain, cold weather injuries, sinusitis, degenerative arthritis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to obtain a TERA memorandum and appropriate medical examinations.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, effective the date of the October 2023 VA Form 21-526EZ application.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all claims, including those for higher ratings and service connection.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to duty-to-assist errors, including incomplete medical history and failure to obtain necessary examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 30, 2009, for the grant of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, but remanded the claims for a right hip condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied service connection for a right middle finger condition, hypothyroidism, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claim for GERD was remanded.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches but denied an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder (psychiatric disability) and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded several other claims, including those for essential tremors (parkinsonism), psychiatric disability, hypothyroidism, hearing loss, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary/ respiratory disability, blood clots, and aortic aneurysm.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran was granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, effective the day following his separation from service, in a January 2025 rating decision.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The back condition and frostbite of the hands and feet were remanded for further examination.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and anxiety.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified anxiety disorder, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder and radiculopathies of multiple extremities, due to insufficient evidence and the need for additional development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss disability, and tinnitus to allow the RO to review additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for a perforated eardrum.

The Board remands the matter for an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities aggravated any of the conditions that directly caused his death.

The Board remands the appeal for further development, including obtaining outstanding private medical records from Cottage Hospital and Henry Ford Medical Center.