Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal regarding the issue of entitlement to service connection for hemorrhoids has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeal. The issues of entitlement to service connection for prostate cancer and an acquired psychiatric disorder are being remanded for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for a heart condition and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, as due to hearing loss and tinnitus. The evidence did not establish direct service connection or exposure to herbicides.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to insufficient evidence and unclear diagnoses. The Veteran's service connection claims are pending.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current schizophrenia, paranoid type, with depression and anxiety had its onset in service and grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia in February 2010, and no new and material evidence has been submitted since then.

The Veteran's thoracic spine, left shoulder, left knee, left ankle, right ankle/foot, eye, stomach, leg numbness, and heart disabilities are not service-connected. The psychiatric disability is also not service-connected.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension has been reopened, but the evidence does not establish a current disability. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as PTSD) and right knee disability is denied.,Service connection for hypertension cannot be established due to lack of nexus between the condition and service. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and right knee disability are also denied.

The Veteran's claims for hepatitis, acquired psychiatric disorder, and increased rating for diabetes mellitus were denied. The claim for service connection for hepatitis was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. Diabetes mellitus remains at 20 percent.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a left hamstring injury, and an emotional distress and depression (psychiatric disorder). The claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the left knee was reopened but not granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, low back disability, and psychiatric disability have been denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities or a causal relationship to service.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hammertoes, calluses of the feet, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and cervical spine due to a fall during VA medical treatment. The right shoulder disorder is also granted as a result of the same incident.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of records.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and found new and material evidence to support this claim. However, it denied service connection on a direct basis.,Service connection was also denied for degenerative arthritis of both knees and heart condition.

The Veteran's PTSD was granted with a 50% rating effective April 28, 2011. Service connection for a skin disability and an acquired psychiatric disability were also granted as secondary to service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran does not have a currently diagnosed acquired psychiatric disability, and his reported military sexual trauma cannot be confirmed. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verification of in-service stressors and VA examinations to assess the Veteran's psychiatric disorders and right eye corneal ulcer with corneal scarring.

The Veteran's psychiatric condition and TDIU claims are granted with effective dates of April 3, 2014.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, related to military sexual trauma (MST), was denied as there is insufficient credible supporting evidence of a diagnosed condition. The Board also found that the Veteran does not have any other service-connected disabilities and therefore cannot meet the criteria for TDIU.

The Board denied the appellant's appeal regarding his initial rating for an acquired psychiatric disorder, assigning a 70 percent disability rating effective March 14, 2012. The issue of TDIU was also denied.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including depression. The new evidence received since the final denial in May 2010 raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.