Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for asthma, an acquired psychiatric disorder, colon cancer, and type II diabetes mellitus due to incomplete service records and unverified stressors. The Veteran will need to provide additional information about his periods of service and PTSD stressors.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The case is remanded to obtain missing medical records and conduct a new VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The evidence did not show a current diagnosis or link between the Veteran's reported stressor and any diagnosed psychiatric condition.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including situational reaction, depression, anxiety and conversion disorder is denied. The Board finds the evidence does not support a current diagnosis of such disorders. For hypertension, the Board remanded due to lack of medical opinion linking it to service.

The application to reopen the claim for service connection of a cervical spine strain is granted. The claims for service connection of lumbar and cervical spine disabilities, as well as an acquired psychiatric disability are remanded.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD, MDD and substance abuse in full remission) due to new evidence showing a current diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder and substance abuse. The other conditions remain denied as there is no current medical evidence or credible supporting evidence.

The Veteran's service connection for residuals of a left wrist injury is granted. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which may be secondary to his service-connected low back disorder and associated neuropathy, is remanded.

The Board has remanded all issues on appeal due to the addition of new VA treatment records and examinations. The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is also remanded as he was unable to complete an examination due to his hip replacement surgery.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for bilateral tinnitus, a psychiatric disorder, right and left knee conditions, and hypertension due to insufficient evidence or lack of opinion regarding their etiology.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a TDIU. The remaining issues on appeal are remanded for further examination and review.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence.,Further evaluation and documentation are needed.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new and material evidence having been submitted. The issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, a low back condition, a cardiovascular condition, and diabetes mellitus are being remanded as well.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, and the issues of increased evaluation for right ankle disability, service connection for right hip disorder, service connection for right leg disorder, and service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and depression with anxiety) are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of 100 percent for paranoid schizophrenia is granted from May 12, 2014. The effective date earlier than May 12, 2004 for a compensable evaluation for paranoid schizophrenia is denied.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for muscle weakness, severe stomach and abdominal pains, sun sensitivity, loss of appetite, unusual bruising, eye condition, hepatitis C, migraines, numbness of the left side of the face and body, numbness and tingling in the left foot, numbness and tingling in the right foot, left hand pain/numbness, right hand pain/numbness, brain damage, short term memory loss, dizziness, excess tiredness, acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety and depression), and skin rash have all been dismissed.,The Veteran withdrew his appeals for these issues.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right hip, right knee, and psychiatric disabilities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia was granted in February 2012 with an effective date of November 9, 2005. The Board found that the earliest pending and unadjudicated claim was filed on November 13, 1979, which is when the grant of service connection should have been effective.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (bipolar disorder) and denied service connection for a low back disability, left arm burn scars, and right arm burn scars. The acquired psychiatric disorder is found to be aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board has remanded the cases due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's left knee disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The claim of service connection for acquired psychiatric disability is granted. The issue of service connection for back disability is remanded.