Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including an acquired psychiatric disorder and multiple musculoskeletal conditions, to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's right knee condition, left knee condition, and acquired psychiatric disability due to a lack of evidence supporting a nexus between these conditions and her active duty.

The Board granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, but denied increased ratings for the Veteran's foot, cervical spine, lumbosacral spine, psychiatric disorder, and other conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to request additional evidence from the California National Guard.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disorders, including a respiratory disorder, headache disorder, loss of balance/dizziness disorder, vision impairment, neck disorder, shoulder and arm disorders, wrist disorders, hand disorders, feet and toes disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete evidentiary record.

The Board remands the appeal for VA to obtain in-service hospitalization records from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus with an effective date of January 4, 2022, but no earlier. Service connection was also granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for right knee meniscal repair and denied ratings greater than 10 percent for the right knee ACL tear, an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis, and service connection for various conditions.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for service connection for cervical spine disorder, thoracolumbar spine disorder, right shoulder disorder, scars of the face, psychiatric disorder, and traumatic brain injury.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for migraine headaches and for service connection for various conditions, including a psychiatric disorder, cervical spine disorder, knee disorders, and ankle disorders.

The claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a headache disorder are remanded due to a need for additional evidence.

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

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining SSA records and a more nuanced etiological opinion.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to provide notice of his right to a pre-decisional RO hearing.

The Board granted revision of the March 1978 rating decision, which denied service connection for schizophrenia on the basis of CUE, and awarded service connection from November 15, 1977.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, hypertension (HTN), and residuals of a stroke.

The Board denied service connection for respiratory disease, to include COPD and asthma, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to obtain a more adequate medical opinion that considers the Veteran's lay statements of in-service incurrence and combat service.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected left forehead scar and denied service connection for anxiety (acquired psychiatric disorder). The claim for service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, erectile dysfunction, cataracts, residuals of a stroke, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. However, tinnitus was granted.