Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder. The claim for a back disability was denied.

The Board has denied service connection for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, finding no evidence of these conditions during the appeal period.,Service connection is also denied for an acquired psychiatric disability (also claimed as anxiety and depression), a muscle disability to include as due to an unspecified undiagnosed illness, and a left leg condition. The Veteran's claims are remanded for further examination and opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's erectile dysfunction as secondary to his acquired psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension has been reopened and granted, but the underlying condition is not related to his active military service.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or relationship to service.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for COPD, frostbite injury to bilateral ears, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder, difficulty sleeping, and bilateral hearing loss due to additional evidence being added to the record.

The VA has decided to remand the cases of increased rating for schizophrenia and TDIU due to new evidence indicating an increase in severity since the last examination.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder other than major depressive disorder, to include PTSD, needs further examination and evaluation. The case is being sent back to VA for a more complete medical opinion.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia is being remanded due to the lack of treatment records from his time at the Bullock Correctional Facility. The VA will attempt to obtain these records and provide a response.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is granted as service-connected. Hepatitis C and an acquired psychiatric disorder are denied as not related to service.

The Veteran's application to reopen his claim of service connection for sleep apnea was granted. Service connection for sleep apnea secondary to asthma is also granted. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, as it is unclear whether there is a current diagnosis and if so, whether it is related to an in-service stressor or aggravated by his service-connected sleep apnea.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD was withdrawn. His right ankle condition is granted as service-connected, but the lumbosacral spine DDD with mild disc bulge at L4-L5 and L5 S1 does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient development and examination. The Veteran's knee and hip disorders are not found to be related to his service-connected bilateral pes planus, and the psychiatric disorder is not found to be proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected disability.

The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence and for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, left foot disability, and bilateral hearing loss. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted but the issue is recharacterized as PTSD.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD) is granted.

Service connection for a bilateral foot condition, to include pes planus is granted. Entitlement to an initial evaluation of 10 percent disabling for status post small bowel obstruction is also granted. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, to include depression and PTSD, is remanded.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss due to new and material evidence. The claims for residuals of a perforated left ear drum, sleep disorder (including sleep apnea), and psychiatric disability (including posttraumatic stress disorder) are also remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted. The appeal seeking an earlier effective date for the grant of right knee disability is dismissed as moot due to the revision of the September 1983 rating decision on CUE. Service connection for various conditions including cervical spine, bilateral hip disorder, left leg condition, and psychiatric disorders are remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether it was caused by the Veteran's active duty service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, kidney disorder, and PTSD have been granted. Bilateral hearing loss is presumed due to in-service noise exposure. The kidney disorder is not related to service or a service-connected condition. PTSD was incurred during active service.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including nephrolithiasis, squamous cell cancer of the left ear, neck, and face, diabetes mellitus type II, an acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD and MDD), bilateral hearing loss, and individual unemployability. The remand requires additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.