Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and type 2 diabetes mellitus, while denying service connection for shin splints, left lower extremity, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and right eye vision loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and alcohol use disorder as secondary to a psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's stressors and the etiology of his mental health conditions.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, schizophrenia, and substance abuse disorder, due to a need for additional VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional evidence, including private medical records and complete service treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and tinnitus, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a right foot disability, both from April 5, 2021.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to ensure the Veteran is afforded a VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and kidney stones due to a pre-decisional error in satisfying statutory or regulatory duties.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disability, a left ankle disability, a right shoulder disability, a lumbar spine disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and a stomach disability (claimed as stomach parasite), to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and a scar of the head. The tinnitus was rated at 10 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating.

The Board granted an effective date of April 20, 2021 for a 30 percent rating of the left knee replacement condition and denied earlier effective dates for service connection of left hip strain and limitation of abduction and adduction. The psychiatric condition was rated at 50 percent.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for tension headaches starting from January 22, 2020, and denied an initial compensable rating prior to that date. The claim for a higher rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder was also denied.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, requiring a VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder and remanded claims for left knee pain and a psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD.

The Veteran was granted a disability rating of 60 percent for a total knee replacement effective October 1, 2023. An initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder was denied.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disability and a 20 percent rating for a right shoulder disability, but remanded the claims for increased ratings in excess of 10 percent for right shoulder trapezius strain and external hemorrhoids, as well as service connection for lupus.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was dismissed as the benefits sought on appeal have been granted in full.

The Board granted an initial increased disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, as the evidence demonstrated occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.