Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Veteran will receive a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen claims for COPD, GERD, back disability, bilateral hearing loss, headaches, and PTSD because new and relevant evidence was not received.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder. The VA will obtain a new medical examination and opinion regarding the veteran's reported anxiety.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic headaches and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board found errors in the duty to assist and ordered further development.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder because the evidence did not show a clinically diagnosed disability.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for tinnitus was denied. The claims for service connection for psychiatric disability, back disability, right knee disability, and shin splints were remanded.

The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including as secondary to service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis, psychiatric disorder, and right shoulder disability. The Board found errors in the duty to assist and the application of the correct standard for secondary service connection.

The appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety, is remanded. The VA must obtain private medical records.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed because the Veteran's notice of disagreement did not properly identify an appealable adjudicative action and was not timely.

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

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Veteran's reported in-service stressor event involving a personal assault needs verification, and additional medical opinions are required.

The veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for GERD was granted at 60%, but the claim for a separate rating for an acquired psychiatric disability secondary to GERD was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did not support a relationship to the veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remanded all claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error and the need to request earlier VA treatment records.

The appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder (MDD), is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide if the Veteran's MDD is related to his military service.

The Board granted the appeal concerning the timeliness of the May 2023 VA Form 10182 Board Appeal/NOD.

The appeal for service connection of memory loss as an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded. The Board needs more information to decide if the veteran's mental health conditions are related to their military service.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an effective date earlier than October 25, 2021, for total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU). The veteran did not file a COVID-19 based extension of time request concurrently with or prior to his supplemental claim application.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to October 20, 2010, for service connection of his acquired psychiatric disability. The veteran did not file a claim for service connection before that date.

The Board remanded all claims for service connection due to missing service treatment records and VA's failure to assist the veteran.