Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a low back condition, right hip disability, left hip disability, right knee disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of specific error in the determination being appealed.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors and the absence of a current disability related to such events.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives, specifically the need for a medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left forearm scar and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disorder, diagnosed as status post total right knee replacement for degenerative joint disease. The left knee and psychiatric disorders are remanded for further consideration.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and TDIU due to deficiencies in the VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including hyperacusis, vertigo, chronic pain condition, fibromyalgia, psychiatric disorder, fatigue-related issues, and low back condition, to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and a new VA opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied increased ratings for GERD, hypertension, chronic sinusitis, non-allergic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, functional abdominal pain syndrome, gastric ulcers, chronic fatigue syndrome, dermatitis - hands, post-traumatic stress disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. Service connection was granted for a major depressive disorder (MDD), unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, unspecified eating disorder, and alcohol use disorder.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for a dental condition and remanded claims for service connection for hepatitis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a left shoulder condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Alzheimer's disease, PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of October 17, 2020, for the grant of service connection for left and right hip disabilities (limitation of extension) but denied an earlier effective date for the increased 100 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The issues related to allergic rhinitis and other hip conditions were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of the August 1968 rating decision based on Clear and Unmistakable Error (CUE), finding no evidence that would have changed the outcome of the original decision.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, specifically PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting the occurrence of in-service stressors and a link between current symptoms and service.

The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disability and tinnitus to correct a duty to assist error, requiring additional medical opinions.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability effective February 25, 2016.

The Board remands the claims for an eye disability and a psychiatric disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining adequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for cervical spine, right shoulder, left shoulder, acquired psychiatric disorder, and hypertension disabilities as there was no credible evidence that the conditions began during active duty for training (ACDUTRA) or inactive duty training (INACDUTRA).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that no new and relevant evidence had been submitted to warrant a different effective date.