Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, and insomnia disorder are found to be related to his service.,Migraine headaches are determined to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms and their relationship to his service-connected hearing loss.

Your appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been dismissed as you have already received the full benefits sought.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of TDIU is denied. The Board found that the earliest possible effective date assignable in this circumstance is August 6, 2013.

The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for a psychiatric disability, prior to October 17, 2022; an increased rating for migraine headaches, in excess of 10 percent prior to October 18, 2022, and in excess of 50 percent as of October 18, 2022; and entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for trigeminal neuralgia. The TDIU claim is also remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for fibromyalgia, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) due to incomplete verification of service records and requests for additional medical records. The AOJ is instructed to verify all periods of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA, request treatment records from the University Hospital in Torrejón, Spain, and attempt to verify participation of the 37th AEG (AFRES) at MacDill AFB, Florida's deployment in March 1987.

The Veteran's appeals are being remanded due to procedural errors, and the issues on appeal will be readjudicated in their original posture from the July 2018 rating decision.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for erectile dysfunction and psychiatric disability, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his active duty. The claim for acne vulgaris with scarring is remanded due to incomplete compliance with prior remand directives.

The Veteran's claims for carpal tunnel syndrome of the right wrist, tinnitus, and gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) have been denied as there is no current diagnosis or evidence linking these conditions to his service.,The Veteran's claim for degenerative arthritis of the left knee has been remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding its relationship to his service-connected right knee sprain. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension remains in a similar state.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, constipation, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including major depressive disorder and PTSD) due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected bilateral hearing loss is denied.

The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) for additional development, including obtaining a vocational assessment and referral to the VA Director of Compensation Service for adjudication under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).

The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service clinical records and a need for an addendum medical opinion regarding the Veteran's psychiatric disorders.

The Board has remanded the cases for additional development and consideration of new evidence, including VA treatment records. The right elbow disability claim is remanded due to an inadequate VA medical opinion regarding its etiology. The psychiatric disorder claim requires readjudication in light of new relevant VA-generated evidence.

The Board has remanded the claims of bilateral hearing loss, increased rating for osteoarthritis, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and service connection for a left wrist disorder due to additional development being needed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to May 29, 2013, finding that his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder did not render him unemployable or unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disabilities (PTSD, major depressive disorder, unspecified anxiety state) and neurocognitive disorder (Alzheimer's dementia), finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's in-service stressors. The appeal for secondary service connection for erectile dysfunction is also remanded.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder may be related to his military service, but needs further examination and evidence before a final decision can be made.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right knee condition, and left knee condition. The Veteran's prostate cancer was not found to be related to his service or any incident therein.,Service connection was denied for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, right knee condition, and left knee condition due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to verify his service in the Ohio Air National Guard and determine if any periods of deployment were federal service. The claims for service connection will be reconsidered after this verification.

The Veteran's appeal for asthma has been dismissed. The claim of service connection for a bilateral foot disability is reopened, but the claims for other conditions are still pending and will be remanded.