Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, but granted service connection for headaches. The Board also denied increased ratings for a left shoulder disorder and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability but granted service connection for bowel dysfunction, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability but granted service connection for bowel dysfunction, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.

The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury, headaches (including migraine-like features), and psychiatric residuals of a traumatic brain injury.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include mood disorder and simple phobia (odontophobia), but remanded the claims for posttraumatic stress disorder, intervertebral disc syndrome, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified anxiety disorder and a bilateral foot disability, diagnosed as bilateral plantar fasciitis. The claims for left trigger finger (stenosing tenosynovitis), low back strain, right trigger finger (stenosing tenosynovitis), sleep apnea, and anxiety condition were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The veteran was granted a rating of at least 10 percent for left ankle scars and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD with gastritis, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss, back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, right foot plantar fasciitis, left foot plantar fasciitis, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board denied service connection for pre-diabetes, cholecystectomy, a liver disability (non-alcoholic fatty liver), lung disability (pleural effusion), and an acquired psychiatric disorder (major depressive disorder and/or PTSD) due to lack of evidence supporting a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a separate rating of 10 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the right ankle disability and a 40 percent rating from February 5, 2021 to March 18, 2024 for the low back disability. Service connection was also granted for sciatic nerve conditions in both lower extremities as secondary to the lumbar spine disability.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder but granted a TDIU effective June 17, 2014.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claims for service connection for back condition, allergic rhinitis, migraines, skin condition, bilateral eye condition, and an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claims for service connection for back condition, allergic rhinitis, migraines, skin condition, bilateral eye condition, and an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include generalized anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and nervousness symptoms. The claim for sleep apnea was remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a link between his current condition and his military service.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, for a more thorough medical examination and opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for cardiac arrhythmias, lumbar spine pain, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a VA examination is conducted.

The appeal of the claim for service connection for monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS) is dismissed as it has been granted in full.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted service connection, and the character of his discharge from service does not bar receipt of VA monetary benefits.