Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder based on aggravation of a preexisting disability.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and psychiatric disability, diagnosed as PTSD, both related to the Veteran's active service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, to include PTSD, are rated at a total (100%) disability effective November 7, 2014.

The Board granted revision of the April 2020 rating decision on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, assigning an effective date of February 18, 1994, for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's PTSD and MDD, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for acquired psychiatric disability and brain aneurysm.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating for tinnitus or a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was also denied as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD or other mental health condition.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability to include a polysubstance use disorder and an antisocial personality disorder due to the need for additional evidence from the SSA.

The Board granted service connection for multiple osteoarthritis conditions, headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, and gout based on the evidence showing a relationship to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for an acquired psychiatric condition, insomnia, diabetes mellitus, and migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, to provide the Veteran with notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board granted service connection for a neck disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, as secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an increased rating, finding no evidence of a current disability or sufficient in-service incurrence to support these claims.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a low back disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to attempt to obtain outstanding medical records and to order a clarifying opinion in accordance with the Court's directive.

The veteran withdrew all claims for service connection, and the appeal was dismissed.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for a cervical spine condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to insufficient notice of scheduled VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for autoimmune hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, a gastrointestinal disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and an internal bleeding disorder as there was no evidence of current disabilities or functional impairments related to these conditions.

The Board granted service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability, but remanded the claims for right knee, left knee, and acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding it to be related to in-service incidents during the Veteran's active-duty service.