Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for back condition, eye (vision), left knee condition, right knee condition, acquired psychiatric disorder, neck condition, and tension headaches due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition was withdrawn and dismissed by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, variously diagnosed, based on the Veteran's reported in-service stressors during his foreign service in the Congo.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression, as there was no evidence of a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder during service or within one year of separation from active duty, and it was not shown that the condition was otherwise related to service.

The Board remands the matter for an adequate addendum opinion addressing the history of depression and providing a current diagnosis, to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric disability is related to service or secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 50 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder, a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, and effective dates of June 23, 2021, for the award of service connection for right lower radiculopathy (femoral and sciatic nerves), but denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the case to cure errors in fulfilling VA's duty to assist, including issues related to the Appellant's discharge and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an increased disability rating for post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, with anxious distress to obtain private medical records.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including left ankle, right ankle, right knee, left knee, right shoulder, left shoulder, back, headaches (including migraines), sinus condition, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety.

The Board remands the claim for an addendum opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder other than insomnia disorder, including whether it is related to service or caused by his service-connected insomnia disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a more thorough examination and review of evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a neck disability, radiculopathy of the bilateral upper extremities, migraine headaches, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, while denying service connection for a bilateral elbow condition and a bladder condition. The Board also granted ratings in excess of 10 percent for limitation of flexion of the right knee from March 16, 2021, and separate 20 percent ratings for meniscus conditions of both knees.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, a compensable rating for UTIs, and an increased rating for the psychiatric disorder. The claims for hypertension, shin splints, left shoulder disability, and neck disability were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for insomnia and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression and adjustment disorder. The claims for service connection for left knee pain, right knee pain, low back pain, right shoulder pain, and left shoulder pain were remanded.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this appeal.

The Board denied an effective date prior to April 10, 2023 for the award of service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in obtaining adequate VA examinations and medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and right and left foot disabilities as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or persistent symptoms during the pendency of the claims.

The Board remands the claims for further development and to obtain adequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include unspecified trauma and other stressor related disorder, based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's psychiatric disability began in service and has continued to the present day.