Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for emphysema, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a compensable rating for migraine headaches, and higher ratings for TBI, lumbar spine, and cervical spine disabilities.

The Veteran was granted a compensable rating of 10 percent for hypertension, but the claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for psychiatric disability, TDIU, DEA, and service connection for heart disability were denied.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including a right shoulder disability, right wrist disability, cervical spine disability, right hand peripheral neuropathy, migraine disability, and psychiatric disorder.

The appeal for earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy, a left shoulder disability, an acquired psychiatric disability, and left trigeminal neuralgia was dismissed due to concurrent review mechanisms being prohibited by applicable regulations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including memory loss, psychiatric conditions, right knee and hip issues, ankle disability, sleep apnea, renal cysts, pulmonary nodules, and dyspnea, due to missing service treatment records and the need for additional development of evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error, as the previous medical opinions did not provide adequate rationale regarding whether the Veteran's condition had its onset in service or was aggravated by service.

The Board remands the matter for an examination to determine the nature, date of initial onset, and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disability present during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for an undiagnosed illness characterized by chronic fatigue syndrome, remanded the claims for carpal tunnel syndrome and a psychiatric disorder to be further developed, and found that there was no evidence supporting the Veteran's claim of CFS.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate with anxious features, and unspecified depressive disorder, as further development is necessary.

The claim for a certificate of eligibility (COE) for VA loan guaranty benefits is granted due to the service member's discharge from active duty because of a service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability to obtain an adequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for headaches, a right hip disorder, a left hip disorder, a back disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, as there is no evidence of current disabilities or in-service incurrence.

The Board remands the matter for a VA examination to determine the etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric disability, including whether it is related to service or caused by service-connected tinnitus.

The Veteran's disability rating for circumferential disc bulge L4-5 with central canal stenosis and chronic low back pain, status post L5-S1 laminectomy was increased to 50 percent, effective May 7, 2011. The Board also granted TDIU and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressors and no diagnosis during service. The issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include other specified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder. The appeal as to the propriety of the discontinuance of non-service-connected pension with aid and attendance benefits on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was withdrawn.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back disability, but denied service connection for a right hip disability and nerve damage as secondary to a back disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, related to the Veteran's active duty service in the U.S. Marine Corps.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety disorder.

The Board denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.