Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for left knee, right knee, back, and acquired psychiatric disabilities but remanded the claim for migraine headaches.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for back condition, erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea (secondary to psychiatric disorder), and migraines/headaches due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, erectile dysfunction, and enlarged prostate due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied service connection for hyperopia, astigmatism, endometrial polyp or associated residual symptoms (claimed as endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial malignancy, and dysmenorrhea), Schamberg disease with progressive pigmentary dermatosis, a right leg disability, excluding restless leg syndrome, a psychiatric disability, to include insomnia, depression, and anxiety, and a right hand disability, to include third digit (middle finger) joint.

The Veteran's right knee surgical scar is granted a rating of 10 percent, while the claims for an earlier effective date and service connection for a right leg length discrepancy are denied. Other claims have been remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a back injury, and facial injury. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and a psychiatric condition, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities and treatment therefor, due to inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and an acquired psychiatric disability, finding no evidence linking the current conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia, finding that the evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether these disabilities manifested within one year of separation from service.

The Board denied a higher initial rating for chronic urticaria and remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and an eating disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical spine, lumbar spine, right leg, and acquired psychiatric disorders to obtain additional medical opinions.

The appeal seeking an increased rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed due to a procedural defect in the Veteran's concurrent election of review options.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, but denied service connection for chronic kidney disease.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence persuasively demonstrates it is related to active service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied it for an acquired psychiatric disorder, while remanding claims for breathing issues and right leg neurological symptoms.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, a heart disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and anxiety, as there was no current diagnosis of these conditions.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 31, 2014, for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability based on newly received relevant service department records.

The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, GERD, and obstructive sleep apnea to obtain further evidence through VA examinations. The TDIU claim is also remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the other claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection and TDIU, but granted special monthly compensation based on housebound status.