Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service records and unadjudicated claims. The AOJ must verify all periods of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA for the Appellant's period from May 29, 1991 to August 1, 2001.

The Veteran's tension headaches are granted a 10% rating, and his schizophrenia is granted service connection. The TDIU claim is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to a lack of current diagnosis and failure to meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD or any acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that additional medical opinions are needed to address the Veteran's claims for service connection for cerebrovascular accident, type II diabetes mellitus, lung disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, and right upper extremity neurological disorder. These claims are being remanded.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for increased ratings of his unspecified mental disorder and migraine headaches are being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The Board requests that the Veteran provide authorization for VA to obtain Ireland Army Health Clinic treatment records from December 2018 to March 2020.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension, headaches, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The issues are being returned for further development.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to unresolved issues regarding his symptoms and their relationship to service, including potential undiagnosed illnesses or MUCMI.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, anxiety, and paranoid schizophrenia. The claim was not granted.

The Board denied service connection for COPD, blood clots in legs, foot spurs, lumbosacral spine disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder as the weight of evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active service.

The Board has denied service connection for athletes' foot due to the lack of a current diagnosis during the appeal period.,The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for neck disability, lower back disability (secondary to left knee disability), and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and anxiety) as there are pre-decisional duty to assist errors requiring further development.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and further development is needed. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was found not to warrant a compensable rating, while his psychiatric disability remains under review.

The Veteran's appeals for a higher rating for their psychiatric disorder and for TDIU have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is rated at 70 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The symptoms do not warrant a 100 percent rating as they are mostly consistent with a 30 to 70 percent range.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and left ankle disability are both granted service connection. The left ankle disability is remanded for further examination.

The Veteran's right ear hearing loss is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.,The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is granted as it resulted from in-service acoustic trauma and the absence of any shift in hearing during service does not preclude service connection.,The Veteran's left foot condition (claimed as plantar warts) is granted as it was shown to have onset during active service.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no evidence that it began during active service or resulted from an in-service injury or disease.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for chronic URI, hearing loss, and an upper back/neck disorder. However, it granted the reopening of claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and mood disorder; a low back disorder; bilateral upper and lower extremity numbness; and a headache disorder. The remaining issues were remanded.

The appeal seeking revision of the August 29, 1972, rating decision that denied service connection for antisocial personality, dissocial personality, mental deficiency, and schizophrenia, paranoid type, competent is dismissed because the April 2021 Board decision granted entitlement to service connection for paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has dismissed all claims due to the Veteran's death, as it does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of these cases.

The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error in the previous examinations, and additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disabilities are related to his active service.