Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for common variable immunodeficiency, a psychiatric disability claimed as generalized anxiety disorder, and hearing loss of the left ear.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a higher initial disability rating for hypertension and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and denied an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction and a neck disability, but remanded the claims for a skin disability (seborrheic dermatitis) and a psychiatric disability (PTSD).

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, insomnia, and alcohol abuse; right foot pain; and left foot pain due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, a gastrointestinal disorder, chest pain, back pain, left and right ankle pain, left and right knee pain, and bilateral hearing loss, to obtain additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for right and left foot disabilities, as well as a psychiatric disability (PTSD), but remanded the claims for a low back disability and knee disabilities for further development.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizophrenia. The claims for a left leg disability and a left arm disability were denied.

The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of November 21, 2011, for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder and the denial of a rating greater than 70 percent for his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied service connection for medial epicondylitis of the left elbow and sleep apnea, but granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection and initial ratings for various disabilities, finding that the Veteran's claims were not timely or supported by new evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for intertrigo and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to deficiencies in the duty to assist.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for hypertension and denied a higher rating, while remanding several service connection claims.

The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was granted with an effective date of April 10, 2009, and a rating of 100 percent.

The appeal for service connection for arthropathic changes/degenerative changes of the bilateral knees, lumbar moderate degenerative changes, and neurocognitive disorder, also claimed as psychiatric disorder, is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 22, 2021 for the award of a 70 percent rating for service-connected psychiatric disability but denied earlier effective dates for back and neck disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral shoulder disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD), and bilateral hearing loss as there was no evidence of these conditions during the pendency of the claim or recent to its filing.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but remanded the claims for a right knee disorder and respiratory disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to a back disability, and alcoholism as secondary to a back disability due to procedural oversights in obtaining complete Reserve records.