BVA Decisions on Psychiatric
207 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving psychiatric. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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Case 11-2349 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated August 10,2012SCHOELEN, Judge :The appellant, Mark McClellan III ,appeals through counsel a June 22, 2011,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1)determined new and material evidence h...
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Case 24-4659 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacated August 29,2025On May 10,2024,the Board denied disability ratings for MDD with anxious distress in excess of 10%for the period from August 10,2015,to November 14,2018; in excess of 50%for the per...
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Case 12-2616 — Remanded / Reversed / Vacated May 21,2014Osowiecki and, on remand,the Board determined the RO decision to be void ab initio,and the 10%was restored,effective April 1, 1969....
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Case 19-0001 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 7,2021A May 2009 private nexus opinion notes that [d]ue to the impossibility to use [the right] arm Mr....
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Case 23-6651 — Affirmed August 21,2024In the October 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to benefits for degenerative arthritis;lumbosacral disc degeneration with herniated disc and moderate stenosis a...
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Case 18-1103 — Vacated / Remanded May 29,2020The examiner also noted that the appellant had described the severity of his PTSD as mild,but the examiner gave the appellant the benefit of the doubt that his symptoms wax and wan...
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Case 21-2416 — Affirmed March 31,2022In January 2020,the Board denied the claim for an effective date earlier than December 13, 2005,for service connection for bronchial asthma....
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Case 11-3732 — Affirmed / Remanded July 9,2013The Board denied disability compensation for headaches,noting that (1)evidence demonstrating headaches in service related the headaches to the appellant's sinus problems, and the a...
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Case 15-2585 — Vacated / RemandedThis matter was referred to a panel of the Court, with oral argument,to address the circumstances under which the duty to assist requires VA,in a claim for service connection for a...
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Case 23-2243 — Unknown April 26,2024The Court will vacate the part of the Board's decision that failed to address the appellant's argument in his December 2021 NOD that he was entitled to compensation for unrated man...
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Case 19-5724 — Vacated / Remanded March 16,2023She also argues in her initial brief that an August 1990 rating decision never addressed whether this evidence from 1989 and 1990 was new and material evidence within the meaning o...
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Case 23-2226 — Unknown July 31,2024Rice ,through counsel,appeals a March 3,2023, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection for (1)obstructive sleep apnea (...
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Case 23-5618 — Affirmed November 25,2024McDonough ,the appellant argues that remand is required for the Board to use the correct test for 'employment in a protected environment,'that his employment did or did not shield ...
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Case 22-3013 — Vacated / Remanded July 25,2023As for secondary service connection,the examiner found that [t]he two conditions are not medically related, [t]he claimed disorder is a separate entity entirely from the service[-]...
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Case 14-3126 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 16,2015As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because VA had conducted all development necessary to substantiate the claims....
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Case 23-5486 — Unknown March 31,2025In April 2021,the Board remanded the case for an additional medical opinion, noting that the October 2020 medical opinion did not address the questions posed in the Board's remand ...
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Case 12-1845 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded March 20,2014For the reasons that follow,the Court will reverse the Board's finding that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence sufficient to reopen his 1 The Board referred to a ...
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Case 14-1297 — Affirmed March 30,2015The Board remanded the bilateral knee claim with instructions that VA obtain private treatment records and provide the appellant with a medical examination and opinion as to whethe...
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Case 99-179 — Vacated May 5, 2000Brown , appeals a January 20, 1999, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that (1) determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a ...
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Case 23-2829 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 30,2024However,after weighing the evidence,the Board found the veteran's contemporaneous statements at separation from service,which denied headaches and muscle pain,to be more credible t...
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Case 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 1, 1996In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
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Case 10-1267 — Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed / Vacated December 29,2011, through counsel,appeals an April 5, 2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims to reopen a previously denied claim for servic...
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Case 22-5983 — Affirmed December 12,2023Parties'Arguments The appellant contends that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases because the Board did not sufficiently consider the January 2016...
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Case 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed January 31,2017Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
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Case 01-345 — Vacated June 27, 2003STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, through counsel, seeks review of a November 17, 2000, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that concluded that new and materia...
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Case 17-3598 — Vacated / Remanded May 8,2019Wisgo , through counsel,appeals a June 13,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for an inguinal hernia and back disability....
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Case 21-2635 — Vacated / Remanded July 26,2022The RO advised the appellant that [e]fforts to obtain [his] service treatment records from all potential sources were unsuccessful and that [t]he [NPRC]reported that the records ma...
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Case 22-3160 — Affirmed October 23,2023In an April 2019 decision, the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than August 17,2011,for the grant of TDIU for accrued-benefits purposes....
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Case 07-0882 — Vacated / Remanded June 15,2009, through counsel,appeals a November 28,2006,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claim for entitlement to service connection for left and right...
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Case 10-1922 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed December 5,2011Because the Secretary concedes,and the Court agrees, that the Board provided inadequate reasons or bases for its determination that new and material evidence had not been received,...
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Case 04-2310 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed May 11,2009The appellant perfected an appeal to the Board,and in August 1999,the Board denied a disability rating greater than 30%for his PTSD and denied entitlement to a TDIU rating....
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Case 23-4298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 30,2024Additionally,the Board awarded disability compensation for pseudofolliculitis barbae and found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for disability com...
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Case 19-7428 — Remanded / Vacated April 1,2021The examiner noted that the appellant's headaches are not related to his TBI,but he did develop some personality changes following his in-service head injury,which he believes have...
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Case 94-661 — Reversed / Vacated March 7, 1997In order to conduct meaningful research, the veteran must provide the "who, what, where[,] and when" of each stressor....
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Case 95-984 — Unknown June 14, 2001Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) affirmed the Court's decision that the November 1972 VARO decision did not contain CUE, but remanded the matter to determ...
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Case 23-5851 — Remanded / Vacated November 27,2024The accompanying medical opinions concluded that the veteran's left and right foot conditions were less likely than not related to service because there was [n]o chronic evaluation...
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Case 22-4221 — Affirmed June 9,2023The VA examiner diagnosed an insomnia disorder but opined that [t]he timing of the onset of insomnia,combined with the lack of other trauma[-]related symptoms, indicates that insom...
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Case 22-4895 — Vacated / Remanded September 29,2023A VA examiner in October 2013 concluded that the appellant's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was less likely than not related to service....
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Case 18-1440 — Affirmed December 10,2019The RO also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for disability compensation for a personality disorder,previously claimed as a mental...
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Case 23-527 — Vacated / Remanded July 31,2024A separate medical opinion completed by the same psychologist provided a negative nexus and stated that the [e]xaminer sees no evidence of [m]emory [l]oss....
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Case 97-1534 — Vacated February 17, 1999STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, veteran Joe Elkins, appeals through counsel a May 6, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) that determined that new and m...
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Case 03-0221 — Affirmed / Remanded July 27, 2007Ellison's request for revision on the basis that the 1971 Board failed to consider the possible application of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU),...
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Case 07-1008 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated December 31,2008Wilson,through counsel,appeals a March 9, 2007,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for a back disa...
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Case 90-0818 — Unknown April 12, 1995In a July 1988 decision, the RO determined that the veteran had not submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claim because no medical records had shown a right-leg injury ...
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Case 24-0597 — Reversed April 29,2025In a July 2010 Statement of the Case (SOC),the AOJ again declined to reopen claims for service connection for a bilateral knee condition and back condition,finding no new and mater...
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Case 94-1080 — Affirmed / Vacated November 26, 1996Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
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Case 21-5718 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 31,2022For the following reasons,the Court will vacate the Board's decision to the extent that the Board failed to address the reasonably raised issue of entitlement to secondary service ...
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Case 21-3588 — Unknown October 25,2022March 2021 Board Decision In the March 2021 decision on appeal,the Board noted that in September 2020,the veteran had timely appealed a September 2019 rating decision and requested...
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Case 21-3379 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 18,2022Following the examination,VA sought an additional medical opinion,explaining that the prior examiner also noted a diagnosis of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH),a condition that i...
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Case 08-3802 — Affirmed November 8,2010Because the Board's findings that VA complied with its duty to assist and provided adequate medical examinations were not clearly erroneous,and because the Board provided an adequa...
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Case 10-2753 — Affirmed / Vacated March 27,2012Weasel were not credible and that VA's duty to assist did not require it to provide him with a medical examination,and because Mr....
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Case 12-2012 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated January 30,2014The appellant averred that the veteran submitted new and material evidence within the one-year appeal period and that VA had failed to adjudicate the claim on the merits....
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Case 92-1347 — Affirmed June 21, 1994Glynn, had not submitted new and material evidence regarding his claim for service connection for a back condition, and thus refused to reopen this previously and finally denied cl...
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Case 22-411 — Vacated / Remanded May 31,2023Campbell , through counsel,appeals a September 26,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)a lumbar spine disability;(2)a ...
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Case 14-2165 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded October 21,2016Fernandez appeals a June 24,2014,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision wherein the Board determined that the character of his discharge from his period of service from March 19...
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Case 23-6949 — Unknown October 31,2024In the remand instructions,the Board noted that regarding the appellant's physical assault, the examiner should indicate whether any behavioral changes that occurred at or close in...
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Case 23-4310 — Vacated / Remanded November 14,2024The Board found that neither the October 2020 nor the November 2020 examiner had adequately addressed whether VA had acted carelessly or negligently by not properly numbing the inc...
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Case 91-1082 — Vacated March 22, 1993The Board concluded that there was no evidence of MS in service or within the seven-year period for establishing service connection for MS on a presumptive basis (see 38 U....
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Case 22-491 — Unknown March 3,20233 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases supporting its findings denying service connection for both a psychiatric disability and OSA, and be...
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Case 22-4979 — Unknown February 27,2024Benton signed an application for expeditious discharge,acknowledging that the medical board found him, because of disability,unfit for retention,and that he waived his right to rev...
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Case 23-3920 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 24,2024The RO and the Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the back claim....
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Case 17-3135 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded September 12,2018The examiner also concluded that the appellant's in-service back muscle strain and muscle spasm had resolved without residuals,and that such conditions did not cause and were not r...
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Case 17-0995 — Vacated / Remanded May 30,2018After finding that VA had satisfied its duty to assist by obtaining various post-service medical records and providing adequate examinations relevant to each disability,R....
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Case 20-7178 — Affirmed March 31,2022In the June 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied an initial disability rating greater than 50%for PTSD and an effective date earlier than November 16,2012,for the award of SMC(...
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Case 23-2108 — Vacated / Remanded April 23,2024The matter returned to the Board, but in August 2022,the Board determined that another remand was warranted for the RO to attempt to obtain outstanding treatment records....
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Case 18-2844 — Affirmed July 12,2019Parties'Arguments The appellant argues that the Board erred when it determined that his statements describing the alleged MST were not credible and accordingly declined to afford h...
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Case 21-5427 — Unknown November 9,2022The veteran appealed to the Board,and in a March 2006 decision,the Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss....
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Case 24-2039 — Unknown May 7,2025The Secretary concedes the Board erred in denying a TDIU....
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Case 15-1477 — Affirmed / Remanded June 7,2016Decision on Appeal In the March 2015 decision on appeal,the Board determined that Mr....
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Case 23-4881 — Unknown January 30,2025In his initial brief,the appellant argued that in dismissing his claims,the Board failed to comply with the Court's January 2023 remand instructions and thus left his claims unreso...
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Case 19-8155 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed September 2,2020In his informal brief, the appellant does not challenge the Board's denial of an earlier effective date for the award of benefits of bilateral instability of the knees,or the Board...
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Case 22-7345 — Vacated / Remanded December 28,2023The examiner opined that the veteran's sleep apnea was not related to any type of [G]ulf [W]ar exposure event and that the condition was more likely caused by obesity....
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Case 09-3181 — Vacated / Affirmed July 27,2011Because the Board failed to ensure compliance with its September 2007 remand order regarding Mr....
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Case 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated June 8, 2009Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
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Case 93-388 — Affirmed / Vacated December 13, 1994Duran, appeals from a January 28, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that since he had failed to submit new and material evidence rega...
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Case 93-644 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 14, 1995In February 1987, the RO confirmed its October 1986 denial of service connection for heart disease, finding that the evidence submitted was "not new and material"....
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Case 17-4733 — Vacated / Remanded June 26,2019Mizell ,through counsel,appeals an August 17,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for the appellant's post-traumatic stress ...
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Case 20-4336 — Affirmed October 29,2021To the extent the Board denied a rating higher than 20%,the appellant does not raise any argument concerning that matter,and the Court will also dismiss the appeal as to that aband...
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Case 17-1531 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 31,2018In addition, the Board denied entitlement to higher evaluations for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as well as entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards...
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Case 19-2640 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated April 16,2021at 79,and he contended that when assigning the effective date VA had failed to consider and correctly apply 38 C....