Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including knee, bladder, OSA, psychiatric, and hypertension, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for lung cancer, but remanded the claims for COPD, emphysema, bilateral feet condition to include nails, acquired psychiatric disability, and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for a right leg disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a left shoulder disorder as the evidence did not support the claims.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, removal of the uvula, hypertension, sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric disorder as there was no evidence that these conditions had their onset during active military service or were caused by an in-service injury or disease.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and neurocognitive disorder, based on the lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, as well as a temporary total evaluation based on hospitalization, to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted the restoration of the 100 percent rating for service-connected unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder, effective February 1, 2024.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional evidence and medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and remanded the claims for a low back disability and an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's preexisting condition underwent a measurable worsening during service and that there was not clear and unmistakable evidence to rebut the presumption of aggravation.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and bilateral hearing loss disability, as well as referral to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration of a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric condition, but did not grant TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder claimed as anxiety, and sleep disruption.

The appeal is remanded for further action consistent with the terms of a Joint Motion for Partial Remand, including obtaining private mental health records and conducting a retrospective mental health opinion.

The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, and denied initial ratings higher than 50 percent for migraines with tension headaches, higher than 40 percent for a low back disability (lumbosacral strain claimed as pain of lumbar spine), and higher than 40 percent for right lower extremity neuropathy. The Board remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety or depressive disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of May 25, 2022, for the right hip strain and denied service connection for tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability (anxiety and stress), a left elbow condition, and TMJ.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD and hypertension, and remanded several claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder with depressed mood. The hypertension rating was denied prior to August 14, 2023, and a higher rating for tinnitus was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, lumbar spine disability, and alcohol use disorder but granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral pes planus.

The Board granted a 50 percent initial rating for the Veteran's major depressive disorder, recurrent episode, mild and generalized anxiety disorder but denied higher ratings for his lumbosacral strain and left shoulder disability.