Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service stressors of witnessing enemy missiles shot down while on guard duty and performing diagnostic tests on wounded civilians and enemy soldiers as an x-ray technician.

The Board has granted service connection for a left shoulder disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression. The decision is based on the appellant's subjective complaints of pain and weakness during military service, as well as his current diagnoses.

The Board has granted service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the preexisting condition worsened during service and is presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD) due to a lack of current diagnosis and no causal relationship between his claimed in-service stressors and his symptoms.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals on three issues: left ankle disability, acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD, and degenerative arthritis of the spine. The Board dismissed these appeals as a result.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for tinnitus and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to the inability to schedule a VA examination at his current correctional institution. The Veteran is currently incarcerated, but there are alternative facilities available that could potentially conduct the necessary examinations.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss, a psychiatric disability including PTSD and depression, and ED have been remanded due to the need for additional development.,Specifically, the VA needs to verify in-service stressors related to the Veteran's psychiatric disability claim and obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of his hearing loss.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including generalized anxiety disorder, depression, alcohol and polysubstance use disorder, and schizophrenia/psychosis. The decision also denies his eligibility for VA compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to right hip surgery and/or injections, as well as treatment for a right inguinal hernia.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, and a TDIU were all denied. The decision found that the Veteran did not meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to January 27, 2021, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of his acquired psychiatric disorder, shoulder condition, and hypertension. The claims will be further evaluated with additional medical examinations.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, combined, rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from June 17, 2019, to October 6, 2019. The appeal is remanded for additional development.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right hip disability, and left hip disability due to a lack of examination. The Veteran is allowed one more opportunity for an examination.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including depression and anxiety, is granted as service-connected.,Service connection for a headache disability due to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability is also granted.,Service connection for sleep apnea due to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability is also granted.,Service connection for gastrointestinal disability (irritable bowel syndrome) due to exposure to environmental hazards during service is remanded for further development.,Individual unemployability is remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete opinions and need for additional development regarding obesity, medications used to treat service-connected conditions, and their impact on the Veteran's claimed disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis and right knee degenerative arthritis were denied. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating for his hypertension, bilateral ankle disorders, breathing problems, sleep condition, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and acquired psychiatric conditions are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of evidence.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and neuropathy, and cervical spine disability as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and bronchial asthma due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service. The Veteran failed to report for a VA examination, which was scheduled in July 2022.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for an initial evaluation in excess of 70 percent disabling and earlier effective date for service connection due to the appellant's death.