Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right and left wrist, a seizure disorder, an inguinal hernia, an acquired psychiatric disability, and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded claims for a right knee disability, left ankle disability, and left foot disability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition due to a need for further evidence.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, for a VA examination to determine whether there is a current diagnosis and if it is related to service.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability in accordance with VA standards.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, remanding some issues for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include conversion disorder, anxiety, and depression with alcohol and substance abuse, as the evidence did not support a nexus between the current disability and service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for hearing loss and granted an effective date of August 5, 2021, for the award of service connection for chronic sinusitis. The claims for increased ratings and additional service connection were also denied or remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, to correct an error by the RO in satisfying its duty to assist the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date due to a pre-decisional error regarding the Veteran's service-connected schizophrenia, schizoaffective type.

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

The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection and a higher disability rating for the Veteran's psychiatric condition.

The Board remands the claims for further development and examination, as well as readjudication.

The Board denied service connection for a mental disorder and tinnitus due to the lack of evidence showing an in-service injury, disease or event causing these conditions.

The Board granted an effective date of July 15, 2020, for the grant of service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was remanded.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for his service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board remands the claims for a lumbar spine disability, radiculopathy of both lower extremities, right shoulder and wrist disabilities, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional VA medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a traumatic brain injury (TBI) but denied an increased rating for right knee strain.

The Board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, headache disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder as the evidence did not support a direct or secondary relationship to military service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and tuberculosis, granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, and granted an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for pulmonary fibrosis.