Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, to include stress and adjustment reaction, as the Veteran has not been afforded a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed disability.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and remanded claims for headaches, heart disease, hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a left leg condition, a lumbar spine issue, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, a rating in excess of 50 percent for a psychiatric disability, and an earlier effective date for service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for irregular heartbeat, psychiatric disability (anxiety disorder and PTSD), prostate disability (prostatitis and benign prostatic hypertrophy), and foot fungus. The appeal as to entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension was dismissed.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, a nervous condition and PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the request for information to verify treatment during active duty training.

The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for migraines but denied an increased rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran was granted a separate 70 percent rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder, but the claim for a compensable rating for residuals of TBI was denied.

The Board granted readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia and panic disorder, based on new evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left arm disorder, cervical spine disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension, motor tic, and left shoulder disorder to obtain additional medical evidence regarding their etiology.

The Board granted service connection for arteriosclerotic heart disease with CAD, diabetes mellitus type 2, left below knee amputation with left hip avascular necrosis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to the Veteran's service-connected status post left leg amputation.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these disabilities were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder, right hip, an acquired psychiatric disability, respiratory issues, and oral cyst to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and tremors secondary to the acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining SSA and CSRS/FERS disability records and scheduling a TERA examination.

The Board granted an increased initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, but remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board denied a rating higher than 100 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder and schizophrenia, but granted an effective date of October 31, 2016, for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance.

The appeal was dismissed due to an invalid Notice of Disagreement submitted before a final rating decision was issued.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 31, 2020, for the award of service connection for psychiatric disorder and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected psychiatric disability contributed substantially to his death.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including back, knee, ankle, psychiatric, and migraine conditions, as the evidence did not support a link to active duty service or a service-connected disability.