Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to decide the claims for service connection and rating increases. The Veteran's VA treatment records, CAPRI records, and examinations are being requested.

The Board has remanded both issues of service connection for headaches and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) due to the need for further development, including scheduling a VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete service treatment records and the need for additional medical opinions. The issues include psychiatric, back, knee, and visual acuity disabilities.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disability and hypertension due to insufficient evidence of a service connection. The Veteran's exposure during active service is being considered under the PACT Act, which requires VA to provide a medical examination and secure a medical nexus opinion.

The Board has ordered a remand to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and service, including his in-service right knee injury. The remand requires scheduling a VA examination for further evaluation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD due to his failure to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, has been granted. The claims for sleep apnea and the various orthopedic conditions have been remanded due to insufficient examination findings.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder, is rated at a 70 percent disability rating effective October 5, 2011. The claim for an earlier effective date is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) due to insufficient information regarding in-service stressors and missing service treatment records. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed conditions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric condition is related to their service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for sciatic and femoral radiculopathy, as well as service connection for a psychiatric disability, are dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a VA Form 10182 with respect to the September 2019 and July 2020 rating decisions.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disability is dismissed due to the failure to timely file a VA Form 10182, and no good cause has been presented.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right ear hearing loss disability and acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, anxiety, and unspecified depressive disorder due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.

The Veteran's claims for glaucoma and temporomandibular joint dysfunction have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew these claims during a hearing.,New evidence has reopened previously denied claims for tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD), congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, COPD, chronic renal insufficiency, hypertension, prostate cancer, bilateral hearing loss, left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was granted service connection and rated at 70 percent, but the Board found that it did not meet the criteria for a higher rating due to lack of total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus, finding that his current condition began during or as a result of his active service. The claims for acquired psychiatric disorder, IBS, and lower back condition were denied due to lack of new and relevant evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and sleep apnea are being remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The Board will consider these issues again after a VA examination is conducted.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to new and relevant evidence presented by the Veteran during his hearing. The claims will be reconsidered with a focus on the Veteran's statements regarding the onset of his conditions during active service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to inadequate VA examinations and the need for additional medical opinions regarding his claimed conditions, particularly those related to toxic exposures in Southwest Asia.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA medical opinions and duty-to-assist errors. The issues are related as they both involve acquired psychiatric disorders.