Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic left knee strain. The claims for service connection for back disability, bilateral sciatica, left ankle disability, left foot disability, and psychiatric disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a headache disability, and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities but denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings of chronic sinusitis and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability and an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for PTSD, obstructive sleep apnea, coronary artery disease, and diabetes mellitus were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, sleep apnea, periodic leg movement disorder, and a higher rating for thoracolumbar spondylosis.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for an acquired mental disorder, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability related to service or a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of a cerebral angiography, left carotid artery endarterectomy, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to inadequate medical nexus opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for traumatic brain injury, an acquired psychiatric disability, a neck disability, a back disability, and right and left knee disabilities as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by active military service.

The appeal for service connection for tinnitus was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a more adequate medical opinion, as the previous VA examination was deemed inadequate.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a mental disorder, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability, due to inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a back condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as major depression and anxiety, secondary to the back condition. The right knee condition was remanded for further development.

The Board granted the request to readjudicate the claim of service connection for schizophrenia, but denied an effective date prior to March 25, 1997.

The Board granted restoration of a separate evaluation of 10 percent for fatiguability as a residual of hypothyroidism beginning September 22, 2022, but remanded the other issues.

The appeal for an increased rating for a psychiatric disability is dismissed due to the severance of service connection.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder from December 25, 2020, and dismissed the appeal regarding a proposed reduction in the rating for chronic sinusitis. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a left knee disability, and a back disability to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board dismissed the appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability due to lack of jurisdiction, as no timely appeal was filed on this issue. The claim for a left eye disability is remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include unspecified anxiety disorder.

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