Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and left upper extremity neurological disability, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation and no nexus to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. §1151 for an increase in a mental disorder as a result of the March 2015 bilateral inguinal hernia surgery at the VAMC in Houston, Texas, is granted.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for the service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder and an effective date earlier than March 8, 2023, for TDIU due to insufficient evidence supporting these claims.

The Board denied an increased initial rating greater than 30 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for cervical and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, left elbow sprain, right elbow enthesophyte, left knee strain and enthesophyte, right knee strain, and right leg radiculopathy but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for her acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric condition to afford the Veteran a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include depressive disorder. The increased rating claim for left hip flexion disability was also denied.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, assigned a 20% rating for right knee strain with limitation of flexion, denied a compensable rating for right knee strain with limitation of extension, and granted a separate 20% rating for right knee instability. The claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, back disability, and GERD were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as it is unclear whether the Veteran's claimed conditions are due to any incident of his period of active service.

The Veteran's service connection for right sciatic radiculopathy was granted, while claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, bulimia nervosa, anxiety disorder), bilateral plantar fasciitis, and bilateral knee pain were denied.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error, requiring further examination and review of private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a neck disability, while remanding claims for sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, prostate cancer, and benign prostate hypertrophy.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and skeletal arthritis as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a new VA examination with adequate etiological opinions.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the Veteran's award of service-connected compensation for headaches and remanded claims for increased rating, service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability, right shoulder disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's effective date for a 70 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted as of June 8, 2021, due to a factually ascertainable increase in disability during the one-year period preceding the receipt of his claim.

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was granted an increased evaluation of 70 percent effective July 11, 2022. The Board also granted an earlier effective date for total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including herniation and bulging disk L4 through S1, knee pain with osteoarthritis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, and neuropathy. However, the Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for chronic headaches.