Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the complexity of the issues, particularly regarding his psychiatric disorder, sleep disorder, and hearing loss. The Board is unable to adjudicate these claims without additional development.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional development, including obtaining medical records from various providers and facilities. The Veteran's disabilities on appeal include eye disability, hearing loss, tinnitus, kidney disorder, skin disorder, psychiatric disorder, foot disability, and heart disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and has remanded the issues regarding bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, stroke, foot injury/jungle rot, and bilateral thigh/knee conditions.

The Board has decided that the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, needs further development and is therefore remanded. Additional evidence was added since the last Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC), but it has not yet been reviewed by the AOJ.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a psychiatric disability, headaches, a cervical spine disability, and a right foot disability due to additional development being necessary.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including as due to military sexual trauma (MST), and loss of teeth. The decision is pending further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disorders and their relationship to service. The case will be returned for further examination and opinion.

The Veteran was denied service connection for tinnitus, but granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.,Service connection for the acquired psychiatric disorder is granted based on a finding of continuity of symptomatology and a nexus to military service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of asthma, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and sleep apnea with asthma have been denied. The effective dates for the grants of service connection are also denied.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, left ankle degenerative arthritis, and right ankle degenerative arthritis are granted service connection. The skin condition is denied.

The Board granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for a left knee, left thigh, lower back, and left ankle conditions due to new and material evidence. The claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition was dismissed as it is now moot.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral eye disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of evidence supporting these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service. The Board found that there was no credible evidence linking the current diagnoses to service.

The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection for various conditions, including knee, foot, hip, shoulder, and psychiatric disabilities. The Veteran's claims are being returned for further development as requested.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. Service connection is remanded for vertigo and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and insomnia).

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's impotence of organic origin and his service-connected conditions, including schizophrenia, bilateral lower extremity varicose veins, and bilateral shoulder disability.

The Board has determined that the RO did not substantially comply with the September 2022 remand directives and thus, a remand for corrective actions is required.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, was reopened and granted. Service connection for PTSD was denied. The effective date of the award for post-concussive migraine headaches and TBI is set at April 11, 2017.,Service connection for TBI and left eyebrow scar was also granted with an effective date of April 11, 2017.

The Board has granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression; a back disorder; a neck disorder; and a left knee disorder. The claims are remanded due to incomplete VA treatment records and the need to contact witnesses of the alleged in-service assault.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for sleep disorder/insomnia, an acquired psychiatric disorder to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and PTSD, lumbar radiculopathy, left right lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy, right lower extremity, and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine must be remanded due to the need for updated medical records and examinations.