Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted an initial 70 percent rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, effective May 29, 2008.

The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, and PTSD was granted. Other claims for various conditions were denied.

The Board granted service connection for a bladder disability but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and a depressive disorder.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and tendonitis and enthesopathy due to the lack of evidence supporting the presence of these conditions during or as a result of active duty.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and an unspecified anxiety disorder with alcohol use disorder to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining an adequate etiology opinion.

The Board grants service connection for a back disability, diagnosed as increased thoracic kyphosis and reduced cervical lordosis.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition but denied service connection for tinnitus and sleep apnea.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right shoulder and right ankle disabilities, as well as service connection for various other conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for schizophrenia disorder due to a predecisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to obtain an adequate medical examination and opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability to provide the Veteran with a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for multiple psychiatric and physical disabilities, including PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, left foot disability, left lower extremity sciatica, low back disability, and left arm disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding it to be related to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board granted restoration of a TDIU and DEA benefits effective February 1, 2022, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a right foot disability, as secondary to service-connected disabilities. The appeals for service connection of prostate cancer, diabetes, GERD, and hypertension were dismissed due to the RO's subsequent grant of these conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right hand tremors, left hand tremors, gout, and chronic kidney disease to obtain outstanding VA treatment records and provide a medical examination.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for high blood pressure and persistent depressive disorder as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 9, 2015, for the award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need of regular aid and attendance for unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder with alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for right wrist strain, service connection for bilateral hearing loss and TBI, and dismissed the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to correct duty-to-assist errors.