Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the claims for a compensable rating for service-connected erectile dysfunction and increased special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ, as there remains no case or controversy with respect to these issues over which the Board may exercise jurisdiction. The claims for an increased disability rating for major depressive disorder, left knee disability, and service connection for right knee disability are remanded due to duty to assist errors.

The Board dismissed several appeals for higher disability ratings and effective dates, but remanded issues related to fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and psychiatric disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to missing service treatment records and an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied higher initial disability ratings for the service-connected psychiatric and shoulder disabilities, but granted a TDIU from March 23, 2020.

The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the Veteran's condition manifested during his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to inadequate medical evidence and opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including arthritis, a left knee condition, a lumbosacral spine condition, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability and an acquired psychiatric disability, both related to the Veteran's military service. The heart disability claim was remanded for further development.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, an acquired psychiatric disability including depression, and right knee pain.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error related to obtaining SSA records.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and an acquired psychiatric disability. Service connection was denied for frostbite residuals of the left and right feet, and remanded claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hypertension, sleep apnea, and diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board granted service connection for neoplasm of the colon, including polyps and reopened a claim for prostate cancer. The claims for incisional hernia repair and psychiatric disability were remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was granted a rating of 70 percent, but no higher, from November 25, 2019, to December 16, 2019, and from March 1, 2020, forward.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for a psychiatric disability, denied a higher rating for the low back disability as of August 2, 2023, and granted ratings in excess of 40 percent for left and right lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy. The Veteran was also granted TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for GERD and increased ratings for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal for a compensable initial rating for COPD and scar of the left shoulder was withdrawn. Other appeals were denied.

The Board remands the claims for an increased initial rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and service connection for PTSD due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a link between the Veteran's in-service experiences and his current mental health conditions.

The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for migraine headaches effective October 16, 2023, and service connection for adjustment disorder. Other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for traumatic brain injury (TBI) but denied service connection for memory loss and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include adjustment disorder with anxious mood.

The Board granted a 70 percent evaluation for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder and remanded evaluations for right lower extremity, left lower extremity, lumbar spine, and right knee conditions.