Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has identified a duty-to-assist error and is remanding the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to lack of an updated VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no current diagnosis of a psychiatric condition.,Service connection is granted for low back impairment, claimed as arthritis. The evidence persuasively weighs in favor of finding that the Veteran's low back impairment had its onset during service.,Service connection is granted for GERD, to include as secondary to low back condition. The evidence persuasively weighs in favor of finding that the Veteran's GERD is proximately due to service-connected disabilities, including his low back impairment.,The claim for individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was characterized by various symptoms, but did not result in total social and occupational impairment. The Board denied an increased rating for the period from June 29, 2010, to April 3, 2017.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information about the claimed stressors. The Veteran is asked to provide details including unit information and duty assignment, as well as specific dates for the events that occurred during his service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a right hip disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations to provide these necessary opinions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sinusitis is denied as there is no current diagnosis of or treatment for the condition.,The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for erectile dysfunction is denied due to lack of evidence of a penile deformity.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis is denied because there is no evidence of greater than 50 percent obstruction or polyps in the nasal passages.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is rated at 50% but not higher, with symptoms meeting criteria for occupational and social impairment.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to obtain a medical nexus opinion regarding the Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder. The claim will be adjudicated again with this information.

The Board has granted a claim for an earlier effective date of September 9, 2020, but not earlier, for a 70 percent rating for the Veteran's psychiatric disability. The decision is based on factual ascertainability within one year prior to the claim for increase.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of paranoid schizophrenia was granted with a 100% disability rating effective August 19, 2022. The decision is based on the merits and not due to new evidence or a presumption.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip replacement, lower back surgery, and both knee conditions (claimed as bad knees).,Service connection was not granted because there is no evidence of an in-service event or injury related to these disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for his psychiatric condition, degenerative arthritis of the spine, and right hip replacement have been denied as a matter of law due to failure to respond to VA efforts in scheduling necessary medical examinations.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, and also granted special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.

The Board denied service connection for Type II Diabetes Mellitus (DM2) due to a lack of evidence showing the condition was incurred in or caused by active service.,Service connection for musculoskeletal left and right foot conditions is also denied as there is no persuasive evidence linking these conditions to active service.

The appeal on the issue of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability is dismissed.,The appeal on the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disability is dismissed.,The appeal on the issue of entitlement to service connection for a back disability, claimed as a lower back condition is dismissed.,Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is granted.,Entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability is granted.,The appeals on the issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, should be remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. The AOJ is required to verify the Veteran's reported stressors and schedule a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no current diagnosis of such a condition during the appeal period.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right knee disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors. The claims are inextricably intertwined as they may be associated with each other.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was denied in the August 1992 and February 1993 rating decisions. The claims were reopened, but ultimately denied due to insufficient evidence of a PTSD diagnosis.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disability, bilateral knee disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence regarding their etiology.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence.,The Board has remanded several issues, including hypertension, which is suspected to be related to toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) during his Persian Gulf War service.