Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for an adequate VA examination to determine if the Veteran's psychiatric disability, including cocaine, cannabis, and alcohol use disorders, is related to or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including hearing loss, spine and knee conditions, psychiatric disorders, and chronic headaches.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was denied due to his failure to appear for a scheduled examination without good cause.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a respiratory disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between these conditions and his military service.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded due to inadequate VA medical opinions and the need to obtain private treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability and headaches, both diagnosed as secondary to the Veteran's now service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, but granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to hypertension, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. It also granted increased evaluations of 20 percent for cervical spondylosis and 50 percent for migraines.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection based on the current medical findings.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for right knee painful motion and a separate initial rating of 20 percent for right knee patellar instability, but denied an increased rating in excess of 50 percent for the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The appeal for new and relevant evidence to readjudicate the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back disorder is dismissed as they are not currently eligible for review under the Appeals Modernization Act.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and remanded the claims for an eye condition and hypertension due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for tension headaches and eye surgery, granted a 10 percent evaluation for the right leg scar, and remanded several other issues related to service connection.

The Board granted service connection for herpes (cold sores) and denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, a back disability, left knee pain, left shoulder disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, right lower extremity restless leg syndrome, left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, left and right hand essential tremors, seborrheic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), hemorrhoids, right upper extremity radiculopathy, erectile dysfunction, and an increased rating for a psychiatric condition.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining medical opinions and readjudicating the cases.

The Board granted the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the matter to the AOJ for further consideration.

The Board denied service connection for radicular pain paresthesia of the right and left lower extremities, an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for acquired psychiatric disorder, an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left ankle disability, a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbar spine disability, and a compensable disability rating for the fifth finger of the right hand. The claims for service connection for cervical spine disability and migraines were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and entitlement to a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.

The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, currently rated at 70 percent disabling, as the evidence did not support a finding of total occupational and social impairment.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection claims related to bilateral knees, bilateral feet, tinnitus, OSA, acquired psychiatric disability, and pilonidal cyst.