Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and requesting an opinion on the issue of entitlement to extraschedular ratings for a back disability. The Veteran's claims for service connection for the purpose of establishing eligibility to treatment and for PTSD are also pending.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records related to the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizophrenia, is service-connected. The claims for polysubstance abuse, traumatic brain injury residuals, low back disorder, and bronchitis are pending.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder is not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and obstructive sleep apnea, but the issues of service connection for hyperlipidemia, ear disorder to include vertigo, acquired psychiatric disorder to include a compulsive disorder and depression have been dismissed due to withdrawal by the Veteran.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is found to be causally related to his military service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his failure to appear for a scheduled hearing. The case will be rescheduled and the Veteran will have another opportunity to present his claims.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability, specifically depression. The evidence now includes treatment records reflecting diagnoses other than depression which may be related to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection, finding that there was no evidence of a right knee disability or heart disability due to in-service herbicide exposure. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and left knee disabilities were found not to warrant higher ratings.

The Veteran's claims for increased rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and adjustment disorder, are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of evidence.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD and depression, is found to be related to service. The foot fungus diagnosis of onychomycosis was also found to be related to service.

The Board has denied the appellant's claim for a certificate of eligibility for financial assistance in acquiring specially adaptive housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of evidence showing blindness in both eyes, anatomical loss or use of both hands, or preclusion from locomotion without assistive devices.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's left knee disorder, left foot disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and acquired psychiatric disorder are not related to service or any service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claim for a 100 percent evaluation for his service-connected psychiatric disability from September 30, 1952 to November 30, 1988 has been dismissed as the Board does not have jurisdiction over this issue due to procedural issues with prior decisions and appeals.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a hip and lower extremity disability, an acquired psychiatric disability secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine spondylosis and degenerative disc disease (DDD), and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and a TDIU have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher ratings or restoration of a rating.

The Board is remanding the case for additional development, including obtaining relevant VA and private treatment records. The Veteran's claim will be reviewed again after this development.

The Board has denied the service connection claims for hypertension, a disability manifested by a 'fast heart', an acquired psychiatric disorder, hyperthyroidism, chronic pain, and insomnia, all claimed as secondary to hepatitis B.

The Board has remanded the case due to an equipment malfunction during a prior hearing, and the Veteran is requested to provide a new travel board hearing.

The Veteran's chronic migraine headaches are productive of very frequent prostrating and prolonged attacks, resulting in severe economic inadaptability.,An acquired psychiatric disorder (depression) was not manifest during service or otherwise etiologically related to such service.