Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has reopened the Veteran's service connection claim for a cervical spine disability and granted it. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded due to inadequate opinion in the VA examination.

The Board has remanded the claims for hepatitis C and PTSD due to incomplete records and lack of compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board has remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, memory problems, skin condition, and neurological disability due to insufficient examination findings.,The Veteran's service connection claims are being returned for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including polysubstance abuse disorder and bipolar disorder, and for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The evidence did not support granting these claims.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and medical opinions regarding her low back, left knee, psychiatric, chemical exposure, skin cancer, genitourinary, hypothyroidism, and muscle damage disabilities. The appeals will be further evaluated based on the results of these examinations.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and causation of the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including insomnia. The VA examiner is requested to provide an addendum opinion addressing these issues.

The Veteran's appeals to reopen his anxiety claim and for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss have been dismissed.

The Veteran's migraine headaches are denied a compensable rating from May 16, 2011 to June 7, 2016 and a rating greater than 30 percent from June 7, 2016 to November 16, 2018.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability. The effective date and rating for this grant of service connection will be assigned by the AOJ, along with a readjudication of the TDIU issue.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for lumbar degenerative disease, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability are being remanded due to inadequate examination reports. The TDIU and nonservice-connected pension benefits claims are also being remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C, an acquired mental disorder (Antisocial Personality Disorder), and polyarthralgia. The decision found that new and material evidence was not received to reopen any of these claims.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, major depression, or generalized anxiety disorder. The decision found that there was no diagnosis of PTSD in accordance with VA regulation and that an acquired psychiatric disorder was not manifest in service and is unrelated to service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to missing translations of medical records and incomplete VA treatment records. The issues include service connection for a bilateral leg disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a lumbar spine disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The cases of bilateral hearing loss, back disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) are remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Board dismissed all the claims as they are related to a deceased Veteran.

The Board has dismissed the appeals as service connection was granted for psychiatric disability, headaches, and erectile dysfunction in August 2020 and January 2022.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than February 27, 2013 for tinnitus is denied as there was no communication prior to that date indicating intent to apply for service connection.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than June 27, 2006 for psychiatric disorder (post-traumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder) is dismissed as a matter of law due to the finality of the April 2007 rating decision awarding service connection and assigning a noncompensable rating.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than February 21, 2014 for increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss is remanded as there was no evidence showing that any increase in disability or additional disability following the May 2011 left long finger trigger release was proximately due to VA's fault.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for multiple actinic keratoses and melanoma is remanded as there was no evidence showing that any increase in disability or additional disability following the May 2011 left long finger trigger release was proximately due to VA's fault.,The Veteran's claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities is remanded as there was no evidence showing that any increase in disability or additional disability following the May 2011 left long finger trigger release was proximately due to VA's fault.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals regarding the right knee disability, lumbar strain rating, and psychiatric disorder rating. The Board dismissed these appeals as a result.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the claim of compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of a back injury due to VA provided compensated work therapy/transitional work experience (CWT/TWE).

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's mental health conditions and their relation to service, as well as the 1151 claim. The VA will need to provide new medical opinions considering all available evidence.