Acquired psychiatric disorder — all decisions

The Board denied service connection for alopecia, bilateral hip conditions, bilateral ankle conditions, tinnitus, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and hypertension as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a nexus to service.

The Veteran was granted an initial 70 percent rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder and a 30 percent rating for headaches, effective from the date of claim submission.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a compensable rating for sinusitis to obtain additional evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a lack of evidence showing a current diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder during or recent to the review period.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and service connection for right knee and right ankle disorders.

The appeal for service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability and an acquired psychiatric disability is dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 16, 2012 for the grant of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms more closely approximated those warranting a 30 percent or 50 percent evaluation but not higher.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to inadequate medical opinions and a Stegall violation.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, back disability, bilateral achilles tendonitis, gout, diabetes mellitus, type 2 (DMII), obstructive sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression. The Board denied increased ratings for right and left knee degenerative joint disease, separate ratings for instability of the knees, a separate rating for residuals of a right knee meniscectomy, and service connection for bilateral leg pain, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic sinus disability, respiratory disability due to exposure to asbestos, heart murmur, irregular heartbeat, and seizures.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected hematuria, left knee disability, and right knee disability. The Board also remanded several claims for service connection.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus, a cervical strain as secondary to a right shoulder disability on a causation basis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, anxiety, adjustment disorder) due to military sexual trauma (MST), while denying service connection for rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, CFS, and a neurological disorder with night sweats.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension, a right knee disorder, a left knee disorder, a neck disorder, and chronic fatigue. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea, headache disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected heart disability, denied a higher rating for the heart disability, and granted ratings of 10 percent for scars on the lower left leg and anterior chest.

The Board is remanding the claims for service connection due to a regulatory duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, due to a duty to assist error in obtaining the Veteran's complete service treatment records.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, and posttraumatic stress disorder to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for complete loss of sense of smell, an acquired psychiatric disability, a low back disability, a respiratory disability, and tinnitus to schedule VA examinations.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for migraines and remanded the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral pes planus.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as the evidence did not support a nexus between the Veteran's in-service incurrence and his current diagnosis.