Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for an addendum medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, is related to service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude her from securing and following substantially gainful employment, granting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for a neck scar and left knee scars, but remanded claims for service connection for plantar fasciitis and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for TBI residuals, headaches secondary to TBI, and sciatic conditions due to a need for additional development of the record.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic headaches, and a right elbow disability due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for hearing loss. The claims for headaches, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disability were remanded.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, effective October 25, 2007, and also granted TDIU and SMC from that date.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability and sleep apnea, as well as the claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent disabling for bilateral hearing loss, were dismissed due to untimely filing of the VA Form 10182.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as depressive disorder, and denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's right groin/abdomen muscle strain, pelvic girdle muscles, hip extension, abduction of thigh, and postural support of body, and hip flexion (claimed as muscle injury).

The Board granted service connection for treatment purposes only for a left foot disability and denied it for a cardiovascular condition. The remaining issues were remanded.

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

The Board granted service connection for a left knee disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as somatic symptom disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of January 12, 2023, for the grant of service connection for peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity. Other claims were denied or remanded.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability was granted a 70 percent rating from January 4, 2021 to April 1, 2024, and TDIU for the same period. The claim for TDIU is dismissed as moot after April 1, 2024.

The Board remands the increased rating claim for readjudication to consider the full scope of the Veteran's appeal, including periods prior to March 2020.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include due to contaminated water exposure at Camp Lejeune, is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including right and left knee disorders, hemorrhoids, left ear hearing loss, bowel problems, and a psychiatric disorder, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied entitlement to increased ratings for thoracic spine disorder and radiculopathy, but granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition as secondary to the service-connected thoracic spine condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, remanding several issues for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance that it is related to the Veteran's active military service.