Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has granted an increased rating of 100% for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder and found clear and unmistakable error in the previous decisions regarding SMC. The appellant is eligible to attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in the May 2024 rating decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of an adequate medical opinion on the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's service connection claim for PTSD is being reconsidered.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is denied. The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's TDIU based solely on his service-connected psychiatric disability is granted from March 30, 2010 to the present.,SMC for housebound status due to heart disease is granted effective February 29, 2016.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, left ankle disorder, and right ankle fracture are all granted service connection. The right ankle fracture is remanded for a higher disability rating.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's low back disorder and denied service connection for his acquired psychiatric disorder. The low back disorder is related to in-service complaints of pain, while the psychiatric disorder does not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression), and a bilateral foot disability (claimed as plantar fasciitis) are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further development.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for discontinuance of TDIU, reduction of disability rating for acquired psychiatric disorder, and reduction of disability rating for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity due to lack of response from the Veteran within the required timeframe.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a new psychiatric examination.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II due to herbicide exposure. The claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded as there are multiple pre-decisional duty to assist errors and the Veteran's small cell lung cancer may be related.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder did not meet the criteria for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent, as it did not result in total occupational and social impairment or deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The Veteran's TDIU was granted based on his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, not his intestinal cancer. The appeal is denied as the Appellant is not eligible for attorney fees due to the June 2024 award of a TDIU.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates due to untimely submission of a VA Form 10182 and because the issues were already adjudicated in a previous decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea were denied. The claim for headaches, bilateral wrist condition, right shoulder disorder, and sinusitis was granted.,Service connection is established for headaches, bilateral wrist condition, right shoulder disorder, and sinusitis.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and TDIU due to incomplete STRs, including mental health treatment records. The Veteran's complete STRs must be obtained.

The Board denied eligibility to attorney fees for past-due benefits awarded in a November 2024 rating decision because the initial decision triggering fee provisions was not an earlier, non-final AOJ decision on this issue.

The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection due to lack of active-duty service and because the appellant did not achieve veteran status. The psychiatric condition claim was withdrawn, and the spinal injury claim is denied.

The Veteran's low back disability and psychiatric disability have been granted service connection with effective dates of November 30, 2010.,Service connection for a psychiatric disability was also granted with an effective date of November 27, 2012.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is caused by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability had its onset during active duty service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to insufficient evidence and need further evaluation.