Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remands and the need for an etiological opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right elbow bursitis, chronic sinusitis, hypertension, chronic hemorrhoids, and an acquired psychiatric condition (PTSD) due to missing records and incomplete evidence.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded due to the need for an examination and review of private treatment records.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a back disability and granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety, depression, psychosis, and PTSD) have been granted. The remaining issues of service connection are remanded.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, mood disorder and/or schizoaffective disorder, as well as substance and/or alcohol use disorder secondary to an acquired psychiatric disorder. The evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD or any other mental health condition during service or within one year post-service, and there is no credible supporting evidence that the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors occurred.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim should be remanded due to inconsistencies in how her service connection and 38 U.S.C. § 1151 claims are being handled, as well as potential personal assault allegations related to her period of service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including adjustment disorder, depression, and alcohol dependency, as due to military sexual trauma (MST), and also denied a higher disability rating for sinusitis.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically adjustment disorder with anxiety, is found to be related to his military service as a combat engineer during the Gulf War. The Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's claim of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 0 percent for a right knee scar has been withdrawn. The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, specifically PTSD, is granted as service-connected.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and depression), bilateral flatfoot, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to new evidence indicating possible in-service exposure. The Veteran should be afforded VA examinations to address these issues.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings, service connection, and special monthly compensation are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of records. The issues include right wrist disability, psychiatric disabilities, erectile dysfunction, and loss of use.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is granted. The kidney condition claim is remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient development and need for a new VA examination.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his in-service stressor of being shot at by enemy troops from behind headstones in a nearby cemetery.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to difficulties in scheduling VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and PFB. Service connection was granted for right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right upper extremity radiculopathy.,Service connection was not established for PTSD or schizophrenia due to lack of evidence linking the conditions to service.

The appeal for the issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus has been dismissed. The appeals for the remaining issues have been REMANDED.

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's claims, including service connection for COPD, hypertension, GERD, CAD, a psychiatric disability, a sinus disability, and a right wrist disability. The remand also includes an inquiry into potential herbicide agent exposure in Korea.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. Service connection for headaches, lower extremity arthritis, bilateral hearing loss, and a female reproductive disorder are denied. The right wrist disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder claims are remanded.