Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, effective March 15, 2021. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability, psychiatric disability, and right foot third digit ingrown toenail. The left ear and upper respiratory disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, cervical spine, lumbar spine disability (including IVDS), right ankle, and right knee based on the evidence of record.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, combined with other service-connected disabilities that were more than 60% disabling in combination from December 9, 2014, rendered him incapable of securing or maintaining gainful employment, warranting an earlier effective date for SMC at the statutory housebound rate.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as currently diagnosed, related to in-service military sexual trauma (MST).

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major cognitive disorder due to dementia, based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and remanded issues related to back and macular degeneration disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for a brain aneurysm, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and the Veteran's period of active service or any service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and a lumbar spine disorder, as well as a TDIU claim, to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for restless leg syndrome at a 10 percent rating and denied service connection for injury to teeth, while remanding the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, hemorrhoids, neck disability, and low back disability.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and migraines.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, while dismissing the appeals for low back disability and emphysema. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, effective October 6, 2022.

The Board granted the Veteran's request to readjudicate his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as major depression and schizophrenia, due to new evidence being submitted after the prior final denial.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, denied service connection for a low back disability and an acquired psychiatric disability, and remanded the claim for a skin disability of the face.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability or that any of the disabilities were related to active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disorder and multiple musculoskeletal and respiratory conditions, to ensure compliance with VA's duty to assist by obtaining necessary medical examinations.

The Board denied increased ratings for a heart disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, as well as earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA eligibility. The claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and migraines to ensure that VA's duty to assist is followed, including verifying stressors and obtaining a new medical opinion.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings of tension headaches and acquired psychiatric disorder with TBI, as the criteria were not met prior to March 21, 2023.