Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and remanded the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 for various conditions, as well as other service connection claims.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, anxiety, and depression is being sent back to the VA for further review. The VA needs to get more information about the Veteran's mental health conditions.

The veteran was granted a 30% rating for IBS and right ovarian endometrioma. Service connection was granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral fallopian tube scars as secondary conditions. Service connection for eyesight disability and bilateral hearing loss was denied. The issues of service connection for right knee disability, left knee disability, and TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder but denied it for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for his stress fracture was denied. The claims for service connection for low back and psychiatric disabilities were remanded.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability is remanded because the VA did not obtain a sufficient medical opinion. The case will be reviewed again after further development.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a psychiatric disorder, and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability in the form of a psychiatric disorder claimed as due to medication prescribed by VA, to obtain potentially outstanding Vet Center records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, cervical spine disability, and PTSD were granted based on new evidence. The claims for erectile dysfunction (ED) and hypertension were remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate examinations and opinions, particularly regarding the Veteran's lay statements about his symptoms prior to his 2009 diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and prostate disability was granted. Other issues were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for left ear hearing loss, shin splints, depression, right knee disability, and stomach disability. The Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to support these claims.

Service connection for gastrointestinal disability and tinnitus is granted. Service connection for left ankle, right ankle, and lumbar spine disabilities is denied. All other issues are remanded.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder because the evidence did not show a current diagnosis or in-service incurrence of the condition.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions but granted it for lumbosacral strain and related radiculopathies.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, low back disability, and right shoulder disability were denied. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, and high blood pressure were remanded.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and anxiety, is remanded. The Board needs more medical evidence to decide the case.

The Board denied all claims for service connection and ratings, including an effective date prior to July 31, 2022, for right ear hearing loss.

The Board remanded all issues to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction for further development, including VA examinations.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including MDD and OCD, was granted. The claim for PTSD was denied due to lack of a current diagnosis.