Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, a left knee disability, and a rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain have been dismissed due to the filing of a VA Form 10182 without withdrawing the prior request for supplemental review.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence.,New evidence has been submitted that supports the existence of a current disability in some cases, but not all.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and major depressive disorder, is granted as secondary to his service-connected traumatic brain injury. His erectile dysfunction is also granted due to in-service urethritis. The Veteran is awarded SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ due to ED. The peripheral vestibular disorder remains at 30 percent, while the migraine headaches are rated at 50 percent.

Service connection for depression, a psychiatric disorder manifested by nightmares/sleep condition, and right hip disability is denied.,The Veteran's asthma claim is remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and rating issues related to psychiatric disability, low back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and left thumb disability. The Veteran's disabilities are being examined again to determine their etiology and severity.

The Board has denied service connection for lower back pain and erectile dysfunction. The claim for acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and sinusitis due to the lack of a current diagnosis under DSM-5 criteria and the absence of chronicity, respectively. The appellant's symptoms were not supported by medical evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and rating issues related to psychiatric disability, low back disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and left thumb disability. The Veteran's disabilities are being examined again to determine their etiology and severity.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is granted. The Board finds that the evidence supports a finding of service connection for his acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, unspecified depressive disorder, and substance use disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, finding that there is no persuasive evidence to support the contention that his current psychiatric condition began during service or was related to an in-service injury or disease.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability have been denied. The Board has also remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability and a low back disability.,Service connection was not granted as there is no evidence of a current diagnosable psychiatric disability or left/right knee disabilities related to active service.

The Veteran's initial 70 percent rating for psychiatric disorder from March 31, 2011 is granted. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) throughout the appeal is remanded.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is denied as the evidence does not establish a link between his current psychiatric symptoms and active duty service. The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms are more likely related to willful misconduct during service.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of February 4, 2020, for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is granted.,The Veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for PTSD is granted and he is now rated at 100 percent.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of medical opinion regarding whether his acquired psychiatric disorder and cervical neck disorder are related to service. The Veteran is to be scheduled for VA examinations to address these issues.

The Board has decided that service connection for migraine headaches is denied. The claims of service connection for a psychiatric disorder including sleep disturbances, anxiety disorder, and paranoia, as well as obstructive sleep apnea are REMANDED.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as panic disorder, is rated at 50 percent and the claim for a higher rating is denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to his service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's schizoaffective disorder, depressive type (psychiatric disorder) resulted in total occupational and social impairment prior to July 9, 2019. The Board granted a 100% disability rating for this condition effective from that date.

The Board has determined that the March 2021 VA examination report is incomplete and remanded for a new examination. The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities are related to service, but it is unclear whether any of these conditions constitute congenital defects or diseases.