Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The Veteran is receiving the maximum schedular rating for residuals of status post right partial lateral meniscectomy.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for any of the claimed conditions, including tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as panic attacks and PTSD), left knee disorder, right knee disorder, left wrist disorder, right wrist disorder, low back disorder, or neck disorder.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for scheduling a personal hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO or in the alternative, a videoconference hearing.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including scheduling a videoconference hearing. The issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions are on appeal.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is as likely as not attributable to service, and the Board finds in favor of granting service connection for this condition. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability to include PTSD remains pending.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip disability and granted it. The decision also addressed his claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new evidence supports reopening of this claim as well.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired mental disorders did not have their onset in active service and are not otherwise causally related to active service. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder did not develop during service and is unrelated to service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for substance use disorders on a secondary basis to his service-connected PTSD. The Board has determined that another VA examination, by a different examiner, is needed to determine the nature and etiology of all acquired psychiatric disorders present during the period of the claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, secondary to his service-connected low back disability was denied. His claim for a higher evaluation for the same condition also failed.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary and has ordered a Travel Board hearing before the Veteran.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and VA treatment records, scheduling a psychiatric examination to determine if PTSD or another psychiatric disorder is related to service, and scheduling examinations to determine if the Veteran's liver disability, gastric disability, and hypertension are related to presumed herbicide exposure during active duty.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depressive disorder, is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.

The Board found no current diagnosis of PTSD or any other diagnosable psychiatric disorder during the appeal period, and thus denied service connection for these conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to insufficient opinions regarding his psychiatric disorder and the severity of his thoracolumbar spine disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal regarding the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and an increased rating for a right shoulder disability. As a result, these issues are dismissed.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and diagnosed him with mood disorder NOS and personality disorder NOS. The preponderance of evidence is against finding any relationship between his current psychiatric disorders and service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus and heart disability, were denied as there was no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to service.

The Veteran's appeal regarding the September 2004 rating decision is granted, and his claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD and a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss are remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which had previously been denied in January 2009.