Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia and depression, as secondary to the now service-connected schizophrenia.

The Board granted service connection for acute urethritis due to neisseria gonorrhea, syphilis, a deviated septum, an anxiety disorder (acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD), and a traumatic deviated septum.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and denied increased ratings for traumatic brain injury, migraines, and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for further development and to provide the Veteran with notice concerning his right to a hearing on his supplemental claim.

The Board granted an effective date of October 3, 2011, for the grant of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied a higher rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and remanded the claims for a cervical spine disability and thoracic spine disability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, lumbosacral degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), neck degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), and an initial compensable rating for acquired psychiatric disorder including major depressive disorder (MDD).

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors made by the AOJ.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include PTSD, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to a need for further development of the evidence.

The Board remands the appellant's claims for additional development due to inconsistencies and lack of credible evidence regarding the nature and circumstances of his claimed service.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, as the weight of evidence supported that it had its onset during a period of service adjudicated dishonorable for VA purposes and there was no continuity of symptomatology to the present.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for PTSD, denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition claimed as PTSD, dismissed the claim for chronic sinusitis, and denied increased ratings for various scars and conditions.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding it to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected migraine and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination and opinion to address the current nature and etiology of any diagnosed acquired mental health disorders.

The Board denied the claims for an increased rating for tinnitus and service connection for bilateral hearing loss, but remanded a claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than other trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus as secondary to the service-connected bilateral hearing loss, but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder, type II.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and a psychiatric disorder to schedule VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right shoulder disorder, a lumbar spine disorder, a left knee disorder, a right knee disorder, a left ankle disorder, and a right ankle disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but remanded the claims for bilateral flatfoot, a lumbar spine disorder, and GERD.