Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for gastrointestinal disorder, right knee disorder, right and left shoulder disorders, lower back disorder, right and left ankle disorders, acquired mental disorder, to include anxiety and insomnia, and erectile dysfunction due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability to obtain a new medical opinion.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia with major depressive disorder with anxious distress, as the evidence did not support a finding that the condition arose prior to July 30, 2021.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as a VA examination is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen and readjudicate his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board remands the matter to verify periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA, obtain relevant medical records, and schedule a VA examination.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities, but granted a 70 percent rating for his psychiatric disability from November 10, 2021.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified trauma disorder, and remanded the claims for left inguinal hernia and coronary artery disease due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the claim for sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional error in failing to consider new evidence.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for a left ankle condition, mental disorder (nervous condition), right foot numbness, and right knee disability as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and service connection for bilateral hearing loss, but remanded his claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder manifesting with impaired sleep.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including MDD and PTSD, was dismissed as the benefit sought had been granted in full.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 9, 2018, for a grant of service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy with a 20 percent disability rating. The Board also granted increased ratings of 70 percent and 20 percent from March 17, 2017 to June 2, 2021, and from March 17, 2017, respectively, for the service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder and anxious features, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including unspecified depressive disorder, panic disorder and cannabis use disorder, but denied service connection for TBI residuals.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's low back disability and granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include unspecified depressive disorder and anxiety disorder, secondary to her low back condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a lower back condition due to insufficient development of evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no credible evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 40 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due solely to the service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a compensable disability rating for left ear hearing loss and service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to errors in scheduling VA examinations.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as the previous VA examinations were found to be inadequate.