Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a respiratory condition due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including psychiatric disorders and chronic fatigue syndrome, due to a need for additional evidence and examinations.

The Board granted increased ratings for migraines and GERD, but dismissed the appeals related to other issues due to untimeliness.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability but granted service connection for tinnitus and a respiratory disability due to an undiagnosed illness. Cold injury residuals were not rated in excess of 30 percent, and the claim for bilateral hearing loss was remanded.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for both service connection claims, and they are therefore dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service exposure to a traumatic event during his deployment.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain a new VA examination and etiological opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including a psychiatric disability and secondary to tinnitus, heart condition, hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, and alcohol abuse due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea due to a lack of evidence showing he has had a current diagnosis of sleep apnea during or proximate to the appeal period. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and bipolar disorder, was remanded for further development.

The Board denied an increased rating for tinnitus and remanded several claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new and relevant evidence supported the claim.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric condition, as secondary to service-connected disabilities, due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and increased evaluations for upper extremity radiculopathy and right shoulder sprain.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder based on the Veteran's symptoms during active duty and their continuity since then.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for right knee, left knee, right foot, left foot, and acquired psychiatric disorders as new and relevant evidence was not received to warrant readjudication.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity ilioinguinal nerve disability and a TDIU, but denied an increased rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is dismissed as the Veteran withdrew the appeal through counsel.

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, effective October 2021.