Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2000

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is well-grounded and the appeal is granted to that extent.

The Board has granted the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, based on new and material evidence submitted by him.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically paranoid schizophrenia. The evidence submitted since the July 1997 RO determination was deemed insufficient to meet the criteria for reopening the claim.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and dermatitis of the hands, as well as entitlement to a compensable evaluation for residuals of a fractured left orbit. The pension disability rating was also denied.

The Board has granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disability, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board has granted service connection for dermatophytosis of the feet and denied service connection for left ear hearing loss, anxiety disorder with panic disorder and agoraphobia, and dermatophytosis of the hands. The case is remanded to obtain a psychiatric examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is related to his service-connected migraine headaches, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's TDIU was granted, effective from September 1, 1964. The Board vacated its previous denial of TDIU in August 1989 due to the retroactive restoration of service connection for polyneuritis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for secondary service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, and for a higher rating for postoperative status, left knee replacement. The claim for secondary service connection was not well-grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking the psychiatric disorder to his service-connected knee disability. The claim for increased rating for postoperative status, left knee replacement is denied as there is no additional functional loss beyond what is already accounted for by the current 30% rating.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's anxiety/panic disorder, finding that it is related to her Gulf War service.

The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders and an organic brain disorder as a result of drug use during service, finding that they are not well-grounded.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder on the grounds that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim. The veteran's motion argued that the April 1995 decision was incorrect because it did not consider whether prior decisions were based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The veteran's appeal to assign an effective date earlier than February 1, 1994, for a 100% disability evaluation for schizophrenia was denied.

The veteran's schizophrenia is productive of total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD is well-grounded and has been granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder and a psychiatric disorder. The low back disorder is considered to have existed prior to service, and was not aggravated by active duty. There is no evidence of a nexus between the psychiatric disorder and any incident of active duty.

The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded and denied them. The claim for dental disability was also denied as it is only for treatment purposes, not compensation.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder. The reopened claim is well-grounded, as evidenced by the VA examiner's inference linking the veteran's current diagnosis with his period of active duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back and spinal condition, finding no evidence of such condition in service. The claim for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder was granted based on continuity of symptomatology since service.