Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, sleep disability, special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance, housebound, and TDIU is dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, fibromyalgia, left and right ear hearing loss, and gastroenteritis, but granted service connection for migraine headaches. The claims for an initial evaluation higher than 30 percent for chronic sinusitis and 20 percent for fibromyalgia were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder and depression, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed without prejudice as the benefit sought has been granted in a separate appeal.

The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and rhabdomyolysis due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, requiring additional medical opinions.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct duty to assist errors related to the Veteran's service connection claim.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral knee condition and acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the appeal to correct an error in the AOJ's duty to obtain a medical opinion linking the Veteran's depressive disorder to his active service.

The Board denied service connection for fibromyalgia and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than the service-connected unspecified anxiety disorder, to include depression.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU due to a need for additional evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric condition, specifically whether it has been aggravated by her service-connected migraine headaches.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether it is related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted reconsideration of the issues of entitlement to service connection for basal cell carcinoma, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and bilateral upper and lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The claims for these conditions were previously denied but are now being readjudicated due to new evidence.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 22, 2023, for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric condition.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than specific phobia fear of animals, and the effective date for the grant of service connection for specific phobia, fear of animals was set to April 10, 2019.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a compensable rating for sinusitis to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to inadequate medical opinions and a Stegall violation.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms more closely approximated those warranting a 30 percent or 50 percent evaluation but not higher.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a lack of evidence showing a current diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder during or recent to the review period.