Acquired psychiatric disorder — all decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted, while claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and other conditions were denied. The rating assigned for irritable bowel syndrome is 30 percent.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and whether the character of the Appellant's discharge from service constitutes a bar to VA monetary benefits due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for pain disorder and acquired psychiatric disability due to a failure to provide VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a neck disability, shoulder disabilities, hand disabilities, lower back disability, knee disabilities, psychiatric disorder, sinus headache, carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, and tinnitus, to ensure that VA has satisfied its duty to assist with regard to verifying all periods of service and obtaining medical records associated with the Veteran's service.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, and a skin disability, to include acne, dermatosis, seborrheic dermatitis, and a follicular cyst.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU.

The Board dismissed the appeal as an impermissible election of concurrent and duplicative review.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional errors.

The appeal pertaining to the claim for service connection for right sciatic nerve radiculopathy is dismissed, and initial ratings for bilateral hearing loss and bronchial asthma are denied. The remaining claims are remanded.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including neck, low back, hand, shoulder, knee, wrist, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, hemorrhoids, psychiatric disorder, toenail fungus, hearing loss, and migraines, as there was no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and the readjudication of the claim for coronary artery disease (CAD) are dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for a right groin disability and chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, restored the 10% rating for right hip femoral acetabular syndrome and tendonitis, denied CUE in the November 2018 rating decision, dismissed an earlier effective date claim, and remanded several other issues.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, namely unspecified depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, but denied increased ratings for left shoulder glenohumeral joint dislocation and obstructive sleep apnea. The claim for chronic headaches was remanded.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of 10 percent for bilateral tinnitus was granted, while the claim for a higher rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder was denied. The claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity radicular pain and knee pain were remanded.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability and denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disability, memory loss, Persian Gulf Veteran with a qualifying chronic disability, right foot disability, sleep apnea, dental disability (loose teeth) for compensation purposes, sinusitis, muscle pain in whole body, and stomach disability. The effective date for the grant of service connection for tinnitus was denied as earlier than December 1, 2023.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion addressing a December 2023 independent medical opinion and complete employment information.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for scars of the anterior trunk and remanded claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, hemorrhoids, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and anxiety.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, to ensure a complete record is available and that all necessary steps are taken to corroborate in-service stressors and provide a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and GERD, finding the evidence to be in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.