Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2000

The Board denied service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and Hodgkin's disease, both claimed as a result of exposure to herbicide agents in service. The veteran was not granted any compensable ratings for PTSD or residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for schizophrenia, blepharitis and chemical injuries to the eyes, post-traumatic headaches and memory loss, cervicothoracic strain with chronic neck pain, and hearing loss are not well grounded.

The case is being remanded to the Regional Office due to requests for a Travel Board hearing and other procedural issues.

The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence to support a finding of current stomach ulcers, an acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension, or allergic rhinitis and sinusitis. The claims are therefore denied.

The Board found that the March 24, 1983 decision denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted since the last final denial in July 1988.

The Board found that the veteran does not have PTSD or any other acquired psychiatric disorder causally related to service and therefore denied the claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board found that the appellant's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder did not pre-exist his service and was not aggravated by it. The claim is denied as there is no competent evidence of a disease or injury incurred in service.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability was not well-grounded and denied it. The Board also determined that the veteran did not meet the criteria for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the February 1982 rating decision is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for neuropsychiatric disability. The claim for secondary service connection for degenerative disease of the central nervous system is also denied as it is not well-grounded.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia likely began during active duty and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board found that the currently diagnosed psychosis is not of service origin and denied the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia was incurred in active military service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and for a higher disability evaluation for his fractures of the left middle, ring, and little fingers with traumatic arthritis. The reasons were that there was no credible evidence supporting the claimed in-service stressor leading to PTSD, and no chronic or continuous symptoms of any diagnosed psychiatric condition during service or post-service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder claimed as PTSD is not well grounded, and thus denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than March 27, 1990 for service connection and for recoupment of severance pay. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was found to be well-grounded but requires further development.

The Board denied the appellant's claims, including his request for an increased evaluation for bilateral knee disability and his attempts to reopen previously denied claims for allergic rhinosinusitis, vascular headaches, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board found that no new and material evidence had been submitted to support these claims.

The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder. However, further development is needed as there are insufficient evidentiary records to fairly decide this case.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically paranoid schizophrenia, finding no medical evidence linking the current condition to service.