Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder has been remanded. The Board needs more information about the Veteran's service records.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder and a sleep disorder. The Board will attempt to corroborate the veteran's in-service stressors.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, and bilateral tinnitus. The Board found that further records development and addendum opinions were needed.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a psychological injury or disease during service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including insomnia, alcohol abuse, and anxiety), liver disease, and degenerative disc disease are granted.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric condition, including anxiety, was dismissed because the claim had already been granted.

The veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, left hand condition, right hand condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, and right wrist condition were denied. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, was remanded.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for tinnitus was denied. The veteran was granted a 30% rating for tension headaches and a 10% rating for irritable bowel syndrome with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Other claims were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) because the service-connected disabilities, either alone or in combination, did not render him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.

The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and psoriatic arthritis were granted. The claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD (including anxiety) and plaxis psoriasis were remanded.

The appeal for service-connection of a psychiatric disorder was dismissed because the VA already granted service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied an increased rating for degenerative disc disease with lumbosacral strain.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for emotional problems/mental disorder to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for vitamin, to include thiamine, deficiency as it is not a disability for VA purposes. Other claims were remanded.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for thoracic and lumbar spine disabilities, but remanded the claims for cervical spine disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for a psychiatric disability, bilateral foot pain, heart condition, and hypertension.

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

The Board denied a compensable rating for the Veteran's scar of the left great toe and remanded several other issues, including character of discharge and service connection claims.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claims for service connection for back condition, allergic rhinitis, migraines, skin condition, bilateral eye condition, and an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia to schedule an examination and obtain a medical opinion.