Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that the VA did not substantially comply with its previous remand directives and thus, another remand is necessary to obtain an adequate opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed back condition and acquired psychiatric conditions.

The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the veteran's conditions and their service, particularly exposure to cold weather.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, depression, sleep disturbance, and cervical spine disability have been granted. The claim for a cervical spine disability was denied due to lack of evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, a back disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to outstanding SSA records and additional VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a mental disorder, finding that there is no current diagnosis of a psychiatric disability and that his organic brain syndrome was not aggravated by military service.

Your appeal has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a psychiatric disorder claimed as anxiety, a left shoulder disability, bilateral shin splints, and toenail fungus of both feet.

The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, headache disorder, and chronic fatigue syndrome. These conditions are presumed due to burn pit exposure under the PACT Act. The claims for chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis have also been granted as these conditions are presumptively related to burn pit exposure.

The Board denied service connection for a mental health disorder, to include schizophrenia, as the evidence does not establish that it is related to active duty service.,Service connection was also denied for residuals of a motor vehicle accident (MVA) due to lack of in-service incurrence or indication of relationship to ACDUTRA service.,The Board found no current disability with respect to diabetes mellitus, and thus denied the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination to determine if the Veteran is entitled to service connection for a psychiatric disability, including paranoid schizophrenia, and whether he should be granted a TDIU.

The Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss, right and left ankle disorders, right and left knee disorders, low back disorder, and acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) have all been denied. The Board found no evidence of current disabilities meeting VA's regulatory definition of a hearing loss disability or any other qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for HIV, left leg and foot peripheral neuropathy, tinnitus, hypertension, acquired psychiatric disorder, kidney disorder, right arm, left arm, right hand, left hand, right leg, and right foot peripheral neuropathy due to new evidence of service connection being reopened. The VA is instructed to schedule examinations and obtain medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that there is no current disability during or approximate to the appeal period. The claim for a psychiatric disability was also denied as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis.,Service connection cannot be granted because there is no established link between any current disabilities and service.

The Veteran's TBI is granted with a 10 percent evaluation prior to December 16, 2021. An evaluation in excess of 10 percent for TBI from December 16, 2021, and an additional 50 percent evaluation for the acquired psychiatric disability (residual of TBI) are granted.

The Board has remanded the claims for earlier effective dates for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, TDIU, and DEA due to outstanding VA records from the Lincoln Park Vet Center. The Board will attempt to obtain these records.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disability (including major depression with psychotic features) due to the lack of credible evidence linking these conditions to military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA medical opinions regarding the service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The examiner is requested to provide a new opinion considering the Appellant's lay contentions and the diagnosis of schizophrenia in March 1975, within one year of his discharge from service.

The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate consideration of the Veteran's reported military sexual trauma and personal assault stressor. The claims are now pending for further development, including obtaining a VA examination with an addendum opinion addressing these issues.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder, is related to his service. His obstructive sleep apnea is proximately due to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board has remanded the claims for hepatitis C and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) due to a lack of VA examinations. The Veteran's service connection claims are being reviewed again.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate medical opinions and incomplete record. The Veteran's claims of service connection for psychiatric, lumbar spine, and left knee conditions are pending.