Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for acne and remanded claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, ED, allergic rhinitis, and a psychiatric disorder for readjudication with new evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a migraine headache disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, and urinary infrequency due to insufficient evidence regarding Reserve and/or National Guard records.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral knee strain and an acquired psychiatric disorder based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board denied a rating more than 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the claim for service connection of migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence supports a relationship between the Veteran's current condition and his active service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, as the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder strain, rhinitis, sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. However, it granted service connection for left knee strain as secondary to the service-connected right knee strain.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected psychiatric disability, service connection for persistent depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for nephrolithiasis (kidney stones), and service connection for hypertension. The claim for a compensable rating for migraine headaches was remanded.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hepatitis C, liver damage, B-cell lymphoma cancer, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, arthritis (other than of the back or neck), and a neck disability to obtain additional medical opinions addressing secondary service connection theories.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral eye disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a current disability related to active service.

The Board remands the service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, to obtain a more adequate medical opinion.

The appeal with respect to entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as nerve problems, is dismissed.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for infertility, left and right knee disabilities, and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as there was not new and relevant evidence submitted within a valid evidentiary window.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to provide a required examination.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of hypertension and remanded several other claims, including those for brain damage, memory loss, vertigo, seizures, acquired psychiatric disability, urinary incontinence, and fecal incontinence.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, based on credible lay statements and a private examiner’s opinion.