Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a neurocognitive disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified neurocognitive disorder, as further development is needed.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disorder has been withdrawn.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability and an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD, to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability and cervical spine disability, and denied higher ratings for some disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for psychiatric disability and headaches, but denied service connection for left knee, right knee, low back, and tinnitus disabilities. The TDIU claim was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, rhinitis, and lower extremity radiculopathy as the Veteran does not have a current disability. The claims for IBS, abdominal pain syndrome, respiratory insufficiency, chronic fatigue syndrome, restless leg syndrome, weakness/lack of coordination of legs, an acquired psychiatric disability, sleep disturbances, left hip, and right hip disabilities are remanded for further development.

The appeal was denied for service connection of pain and higher initial staged ratings for a psychiatric disability, but granted an effective date of August 5, 2022, for the award of TDIU.

The Board denied the claims for an earlier effective date, TDIU, and service connection for various conditions due to insufficient evidence of worsening within one year prior to the claim dates.

The Board granted a separate 10 percent disability evaluation for bilateral plantar fasciitis and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depression.

The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, and sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to missing service records.

The Board granted the motion to reverse on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a July 2004 rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD, awarding service connection effective May 16, 2003.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression), MST and insomnia based on new and relevant evidence. The TDIU issue was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to inadequate medical opinions and a need for additional development.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a psychiatric disability, as there was no evidence that the condition was reasonably raised during the adjudication of his initial claim for service connection for a lung condition.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a 30 percent rating for posttraumatic headaches as residuals of traumatic brain injury, while remanding several other claims for further development.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for sinusitis with sinus headaches and remanded several other issues, including increased ratings for radiculopathy of the lower extremities, degenerative arthritis conditions, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board granted a 70% disability rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder prior to March 9, 2022, and denied a higher rating thereafter. The effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits was also set at June 27, 2015.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to the appellant's reported in-service stressor. The claims for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and pseudofolliculitis barbae were remanded for further development.