Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the appeal for a further examination to address the etiology of the Veteran's current psychiatric disability, including whether it is related to an in-service personal assault.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and remanded the claim for degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder (generalized anxiety with insomnia features), and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities. The effective date for these conditions was set to October 2, 2023.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and tinnitus, finding a relationship to the Veteran's service-connected back condition and in-service noise exposure respectively.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve in both lower extremities and a psychiatric disorder, but denied service connection for Raynaud's disease, muscle pain, degenerative arthritis, peripheral neuropathy of the ulnar and musculocutaneous nerves in both upper extremities, squamous cell carcinoma, and migraines.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence.

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric condition, including PTSD, was dismissed as the Veteran did not identify a valid initial decision in his Notice of Disagreement (NOD).

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 3, 1976, for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to be re-evaluated with a new VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia, finding that it manifested to a compensable degree within one year of the Veteran's separation from service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, based on the Veteran's in-service stressors and current symptoms.

The appeal for service connection for a thoracic spine disability was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17 for bilateral hearing loss, right shoulder disability, and an acquired psychiatric disability to obtain additional medical evidence.

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

The Board remands the claims for service connection for insomnia, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and throat pain due to a lack of compliance with previous remand instructions.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and the acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and MDD), but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a right shoulder disability for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and migraine headaches due to the need for a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as there was no evidence of a current disability during the period on appeal.

The appeals for an initial compensable disability rating for scar of the right lower back and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and PTSD, are dismissed.