Acquired psychiatric disorder — all decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include generalized anxiety disorder; a cervical spine disability; bursitis in the right hand and fingers; and bilateral plantar fasciitis due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, foot disability (bilateral plantar fasciitis), and back disability (claimed as pain of lumbar spine, to include as secondary to bilateral plantar fasciitis) due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and TBI to obtain additional evidence, including private treatment records and a new VA examination.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include unspecified anxiety and depression prior to May 5, 2016, and a 100 percent rating beginning that date.

The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability, a right leg disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder diagnosed as PTSD, and tinnitus. The evaluation for hypertension was denied, and the reduction in rating for CAD was found to be improper.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, granted a 10 percent rating for ruptured left rectus femoris muscle thigh limitation of extension, and remanded several other issues related to higher ratings.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major cognitive disorder due to dementia, based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.

The claims for service connection and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are remanded due to the failure of the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) to ensure delivery of the November 2022 supplemental statement of the case to the Appellant.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as they are not related to active service.

The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss, migraine headaches, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were dismissed due to a lack of timely notice of disagreement.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, as new and relevant evidence has been added to the record since the March 2015 rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability, respiratory disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder to allow for additional development of evidence.

The veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for bacterial vaginosis, service connection for female sexual arousal disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, but the claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as currently diagnosed, related to in-service military sexual trauma (MST).

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that it was aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral shoulder disability. The claim for obesity was denied.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and unspecified anxiety disorder, effective March 15, 2021. Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The Board granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, cervical spine, lumbar spine disability (including IVDS), right ankle, and right knee based on the evidence of record.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral shoulder, left wrist, bilateral hip, and left ankle disabilities as there is no current disability. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disability was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea, a right fifth finger disability, and an acquired psychiatric disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, combined with other service-connected disabilities that were more than 60% disabling in combination from December 9, 2014, rendered him incapable of securing or maintaining gainful employment, warranting an earlier effective date for SMC at the statutory housebound rate.