Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's claim of service connection for tinnitus was denied, but the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea were reopened. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted, while service connection for both tinnitus and sleep apnea remains denied.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted service connection. The Veteran's gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and acquired psychiatric disorder are denied as not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, back disorder, right foot disorder, sleep disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder. The Veteran was scheduled to appear at a hearing but failed to show up without good cause.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for major depressive disorder, bilateral hearing loss, headaches (secondary to sleep apnea), an acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder and anxiety) secondary to service-connected disabilities, a higher rating for sleep apnea, and a compensable rating for postoperative ventral hernia. The Veteran's claim for reopening of the previously denied claim of service connection for major depressive disorder has been granted.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for OSA and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding their onset during active duty or any period of ACDUTRA. The Veteran will be provided with a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his OSA, and another addendum opinion from the January 2015 VA examiner is needed for his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for his TDIU and CUE, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the April 1999 rating decision.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include major depressive disorder), but denied both on the merits.,For PTSD, the claim was denied because there is no credible supporting evidence of a verified in-service stressor.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability and remanded the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD, anxiety, and depression) and residuals of Bell's palsy (secondary to an acquired psychiatric disability).

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder and a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current psychiatric disorder to service or any service-connected disability.

The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for reopening the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. As a result, the Board dismissed this issue.

The Board has remanded the cases due to incomplete service records and need for further clinical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric conditions, alcoholism, and their relationship to his military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection in multiple areas, including heart disability as secondary to pre-pyloric ulcer with antrum scarring and hiatal hernia, liver disability with hepatitis C, acquired psychiatric disorder (depression), sleep apnea, skin disability (Stevens Johnson syndrome), and right leg disability. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for reopening these claims or establishing service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for a thyroid disorder (Graves' disease and hyperthyroidism) and a psychiatric disorder (secondary to hyperthyroidism).

The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his acquired psychiatric disorder is denied. The Board also remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and TDIU, as they are inextricably intertwined with the PTSD rating issue.

Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, is denied.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied.,Service connection for OSA is denied.,Service connection for headaches is denied.,The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals are rated at 20 percent and the reduction from 100 percent to 20 percent was proper.,An effective date prior to November 9, 2015, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities), obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension have been granted. The decision also remanded several other issues.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for right elbow disability and psychiatric disability have been reopened, with the evidence showing that these conditions began during active service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for other specified schizophrenia and other psychotic disorder was denied multiple times, including in 1985. The most recent application to reopen the claim was received on March 6, 2015, making March 6, 2015 the earliest possible effective date.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability was granted an initial rating of 50 percent from February 2, 2012 to January 30, 2013. A higher rating is denied as of January 30, 2013.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a sleep disorder were denied because he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations.