Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and bipolar disorder. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered with additional evidence.

Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is remanded for further review.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability because the Veteran does not have a diagnosed psychiatric condition.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, anxiety, insomnia, and hypervigilance), sleep apnea, and hypertension due to lack of evidence of a current disability.

The veteran's request for an earlier effective date of October 5, 2016, for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) based on an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder (MDD) and PTSD, is remanded. The Board needs to verify in-service stressors and conduct a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions but remanded others for further review.

The Board dismissed the appeals for PTSD, distressed breath, and plantar fasciitis due to the veteran's request. The appeals for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a prostate condition were remanded for further evaluation.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and right ear hearing loss were denied. The claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus was also denied. However, the veteran was granted service connection for insomnia. Claims for left ear hearing loss, headaches, and hypertension were remanded.

The Veteran's initial evaluation for a psychiatric disability prior to October 18, 2010, was denied as her symptoms did not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted as service connected, and his headache disability is also granted as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus and psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date for a 30% evaluation of his acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder with depression. The VA has not obtained updated mental health records from the Arizona Department of Corrections and is therefore remanded to do so.

The Board remanded the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's case was sent back for further development, including VA examinations and opinions on employability.

The veteran's appeal for service connection of multiple conditions was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Board found that the VA examination was inadequate and ordered a new examination.

The veteran's claim for a higher disability rating was partially granted. The veteran is entitled to a 70 percent disability rating from February 2, 2023, to February 28, 2023, but not before.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for service connection for human T-lymphotropic virus, Type 1, mental disorder, sleep disorder, and tinnitus because new and relevant evidence was not received.

The appeal for service connection for a left foot condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed. Service connection for GERD was granted. The appeal for a right foot condition was remanded.,The decision on the left foot condition was based on the Veteran's explicit withdrawal of the claim. The decision on the psychiatric disorder was based on it already being granted service connection.

The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was denied. All other claims, including service connection for various conditions and TDIU, were remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD with memory loss was granted, but claims for right shoulder disorder, low back disorder, neuropathy of the hands, and left bicep tendon rupture were denied.