Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2025

The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right ankle deltoid ligament sprain and remanded claims for service connection for a left ankle disability and psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's December 2018 VA Form 9, filed in response to the April 2017 SOC denying the claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, is deemed timely and the claim is granted.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct a duty to assist error related to obtaining a medical opinion addressing whether additional disability resulted from an acquired psychiatric disorder superimposed on a personality disorder.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depression due to MST. The claim for a bilateral foot disability was denied, and the claim for migraine headaches was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, as the evidence did not support a finding that it had its onset in service or was related to any in-service event or injury.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and for PTSD due to outstanding medical records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and related conditions due to a lack of adequate medical evidence.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and bilateral hearing loss due to insufficient evidence regarding in-service stressors and outstanding private treatment records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral ankle disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to unverified stressors during ACDUTRA.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct pre-decisional errors in satisfying VA's duty to assist.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 3, 2014, for service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation (SMC) for loss of use of a creative organ.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension, but remanded several other claims related to the low back and various peripheral nerves.

The Board denied service connection for a left elbow disability and remanded several other claims, including those for allergic rhinitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic sinusitis, heart disease, low back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis under the presumptive provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.320(a) but remanded other claims related to sinusitis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension.

The Board denied a compensable disability rating for anatomical loss or injury of the mouth, lips, or tongue and remanded service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and higher evaluation for patellar tendonitis of the left knee.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability as secondary to service-connected erosive gastritis but denied the claims for a bowel condition, left elbow and wrist disabilities, and migraine disability.

The Board remands the claim for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD and major depressive disorder, to cure pre-decisional errors in VA's duty to assist the Veteran.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a head injury to afford the Veteran VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his current conditions.