Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2026

The Veteran's cervical spine disability is granted as service connected. The issues of PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disability are remanded for further examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for chronic pain syndrome and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete records. The AOJ is instructed to obtain relevant SSA, private treatment, and work injury records.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for hypertension, lumbar spine disability (secondary to right knee disability), heart condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder due to duty-to-assist errors in previous VA examinations.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, specifically failing to verify the Veteran's claimed stressor of recovering and transporting the body of a Tank Commander killed in a tank accident during National Guard service. The claim will be returned for further development.

The Veteran's psychiatric disorder is rated at 70 percent, effective July 29, 2020. The rating for bilateral pes planus with hammer toes remains at 30 percent and the rating for PFB remains at 10 percent.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that his current condition is related to his military service and confirming his account of its onset during deployment in Vietnam.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of her acquired psychiatric disorder, low back disability, chronic migraines, skin condition, and respiratory condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date of July 29, 2008, for the award of service connection for a psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is rated at 70 percent, and the claim for a TDIU is remanded.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically failing to provide a VA medical examination and obtain relevant treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is now pending.

The Board has decided the case in favor of the Veteran, finding that more evidence is needed to determine if his acquired psychiatric disorder was present prior to service and whether it is related to service or a service-connected disability.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include secondary to his service-connected stomach digestive disorder, should be remanded due to inadequate examination and consideration of lay evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder. The decision finds that the Veteran's in-service event caused his current mental health conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to military sexual trauma (MST) and remanded the claims for HIV-related illness, hypertension, left knee replacement, and sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claims for increased rating for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD), and residuals of zygomatic arch fracture are being remanded due to errors in obtaining relevant VA treatment records and inadequate medical examinations.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to a duty-to-assist error related to missing service treatment records. The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD and other acquired psychiatric disorders, are being examined by VA.

A rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder is granted as of November 6, 2017.,A total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted as of February 20, 2018.

The Veteran's service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and initial disability rating for lumbar spine degenerative disk disease prior to February 26, 2014 are denied. A 20 percent disability rating is granted for the lumbar spine degenerative disc disease from February 26, 2014 to June 13, 2017. The Veteran's claim for TDIU is also denied.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, requiring a new medical opinion on whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service or secondary to his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.