Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The remaining issues of service connection are remanded due to incomplete records and the need to obtain SSA disability benefits information.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence of a stressor. The Veteran needs to provide additional information or have further investigation conducted.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection of several knee, wrist, and foot disorders. The issues have been remanded to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disability, diagnosed as inflammatory facet joint arthropathy. The appeal was dismissed for the issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) and chronic depression.

The Board has not decided service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, left shoulder condition, left foot condition, or right foot condition. The claims are remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a spider bite of the right hand, left hip condition, left ankle condition, and right ankle condition. The acquired psychiatric disorder was granted as secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence in a previous VA examination, and the Veteran is required to undergo a new VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, and right ear hearing loss disabilities. The claim for acquired psychiatric disorder was also denied due to lack of a diagnosed PTSD. The decision is based on the absence of evidence showing in-service incurrence or aggravation of these conditions.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection of acquired psychiatric disability and remanded it for further development. The right knee disability rating reduction from 20% to 10% is also remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is granted, but the Board finds that further development is necessary before the merits of the underlying claim can be addressed.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The appeals for bilateral hearing loss, psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia has been reopened. The appeal regarding the eye disability is remanded.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and to obtain medical opinions regarding the Veteran's PTSD diagnosis and service connection.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been granted. The petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, manic depression, and anxiety disorder, is also granted.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the claim of residuals of lung cancer due to asbestos exposure. The TDIU issue is also being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the pending claims.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral knee disability, acute lumbar strain and degenerative disc disease, and bilateral upper and lower back teeth due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service stressors and continuity of symptomology will be considered.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability, including DDD and herniated disc, is granted as service connected.,His bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy and right CTS are also granted as secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disability.,Service connection for MDD is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient evidence regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and depression. The Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and toenail fungus are denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including back injury, heart disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and schizophrenia), head injury, and bilateral foot disability. The decision also remanded several issues.

The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for herniated nucleus pulposus has been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not show ankylosis or unfavorable ankylosis, and thus no higher rating is warranted.,Service connection for liver disorder was denied as there was no indication of any in-service event, injury, or disease related to this condition.