Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that remand is necessary for the Veteran's OSA, insomnia and memory loss disability, right hip and thigh disability, left hip and thigh disability, right knee disability, right elbow disability, left ankle disability, acquired psychiatric disability, and respiratory disability claims due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding their relationship to service.

Service connection is granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including diagnosed as bipolar disorder. A rating in excess of 10 percent for endometriosis is remanded.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for TDIU is remanded due to outstanding VA treatment records from non-VA providers through the Community Care Network. These records are needed to support the TDIU claim.

Your claims for service connection related to back disorder, right knee disorder, right foot disorder, left foot disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) have been remanded. The Board found that the evidence is insufficient to establish a direct relationship between these conditions and your active-duty service.,The Veteran's hypertension and headaches were reopened based on new evidence showing potential links to his PTSD.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to conflicting evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicidal agents while aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional examinations due to failure to RSVP for scheduled VA examinations. The Veteran's service connection claims are being returned for further development.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for kidney stones was dismissed. The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depression, and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, based on credible lay evidence of in-service stressors.

The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms prior to February 20, 2018, resulted in total occupational and social impairment due to grossly inappropriate behavior. The Board granted a 100 percent evaluation for the veteran's psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for an addendum opinion from a different examiner to address the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including whether it is at least as likely as not that the preexisting schizophrenia and other psychotic disorder increased in severity during service or had its onset in or is otherwise related to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and missing VA examinations. The issues include bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and unspecified depressive disorder), and loss of erectile power.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disability (degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine) and an acquired psychiatric disorder (paranoid schizophrenia), finding that these conditions permanently worsened beyond their natural progression during periods of active duty training.

The Board has granted service connection for low back disability, cervical spine disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.,Secondary service connection is also granted for the cervical spine disability and right hip disability to the low back disability, as well as for the left hip disability. The acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD was not addressed in this decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right hip disorder, low back disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder. The decision found that there was no medical link between these conditions and military service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for IBS, acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD and depression, left hip disability, and right hip disability due to new evidence received since the last rating decision. The Veteran's appeal is not about service connection at all.

The Board has found errors in the previous decision and is remanding the claims for a low back disability due to inadequate opinion based on an inaccurate factual premise.

The Veteran's service connection claims for residuals of double hernia and an acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as panic disorder) have been granted.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and primary insomnia, is granted as service-connected. The low back disability and left knee disability are remanded for further evaluation.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA medical opinion related to the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder. The claim will be reconsidered with a new opinion.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, anxiety, and insomnia), headaches, traumatic brain injury, obstructive sleep apnea, knee disorders, foot disorders, ankle disorders, elbow disorders, shoulder disorders, hip disorders, hand disorders, wrist disorders, lumbar spine disorders, shin disorders, cold injury disorders, upper extremity cold injury disorders. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a diagnosis for these conditions during service or within one year of discharge and thus could not establish service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current diagnoses of any claimed foot, hip, knee, or lower back conditions. The claims for these conditions are therefore denied.