Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development and to ensure compliance with VA's duty to assist.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and cirrhosis of liver as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder due to inadequate VA examination opinions.

The Board granted an initial increased rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, effective from the date of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include bipolar disorder and bilateral hearing loss, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and erectile dysfunction due to a duty to assist error, requiring additional VA examinations and medical nexus opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a neck disability, a left knee disability, and a right ankle disability due to the need for VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including APD, respiratory insufficiency, RHL, and cervical and upper extremity radiculopathy, as well as a compensable rating for LHL. The claims were not granted.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding it related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed alternatively as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder, due to an inadequate VA examiner's opinion and a failure to fulfill the duty to assist in obtaining relevant medical records.

The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer status post radical prostatectomy, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted service connection for GERD and ED as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder but denied an earlier effective date than May 26, 2023, for the grant of a 70 percent rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The appeal for an increased rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder and other disabilities was denied, with no increase in the assigned ratings.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability and also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), but denied an earlier effective date for service connection.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to a contributory role of his mental disorder, but denied entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C. � 1318 as it was moot given the grant.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on the evidence of a current disability and credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor occurred.

The Board determined that the reduction in the disability rating from 30 percent to noncompensable for an acquired psychiatric disability was proper, as there was evidence of improvement under ordinary conditions of life.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for multiple orthopedic conditions and a psychiatric condition due to the need for additional development, including obtaining new medical opinions.

The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the case for an additional medical opinion to determine if there was a current acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, present since April 2009 that is related to military service.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee disorder, left knee disorder, hemorrhoids, bowel problems, and psychiatric disorder as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's active military service.