Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, namely unspecified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, but denied increased ratings for left shoulder glenohumeral joint dislocation and obstructive sleep apnea. The claim for chronic headaches was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disorder and a psychiatric disorder to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a right groin disability and chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, restored the 10% rating for right hip femoral acetabular syndrome and tendonitis, denied CUE in the November 2018 rating decision, dismissed an earlier effective date claim, and remanded several other issues.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded several service connection claims.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and the readjudication of the claim for coronary artery disease (CAD) are dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional errors.

The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type based on the evidence showing that the condition pre-existed service but was not aggravated by it.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including neck, low back, hand, shoulder, knee, wrist, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, hemorrhoids, psychiatric disorder, toenail fungus, hearing loss, and migraines, as there was no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a psychiatric disorder due to deficiencies in the VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and GERD, finding the evidence to be in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion addressing a December 2023 independent medical opinion and complete employment information.

The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the condition was aggravated by the Veteran's service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a duty to assist error and the need for additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor that his tinnitus had its onset during military service. The claims for a low back disorder, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to tinnitus were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability, memory loss, Persian Gulf Veteran with a qualifying chronic disability, right foot disability, sleep apnea, dental disability (loose teeth) for compensation purposes, sinusitis, muscle pain in whole body, and stomach disability. The effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus was denied as earlier than December 1, 2023.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for scars of the anterior trunk and remanded claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, hemorrhoids, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and anxiety.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, to ensure a complete record is available and that all necessary steps are taken to corroborate in-service stressors and provide a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability, left ankle disability, and right elbow disability after new evidence was submitted. The claim for a right shoulder disability was denied. Various knee and scar ratings were either granted or denied.

The Board granted restoration of a 50 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder from January 11, 2017, but denied an increased rating in excess of 50 percent.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus was granted, while the claim for a higher rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder was denied. The claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity radicular pain and knee pain were remanded.