Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2000

The veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is currently rated at 70 percent since April 20, 1999. The condition has been productive of severe industrial impairment.

The Board found no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disorder related to active service or manifest within one year of discharge, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, finding that no new and material evidence had been presented.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is denied because the schedular 100 percent rating for his service-connected psychiatric disability (schizophrenia) has remained in effect since March 1978 and cannot be reduced.

The Board has determined that the veteran became permanently and totally disabled due to service-connected schizophrenia on April 18, 1990, and granted a permanent and total disability rating effective from that date.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia is related to her military service, specifically her period of active duty in 1985.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a pulmonary disorder are not well grounded. Therefore, her appeals have been denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a lung disability, psychiatric disorder, residuals of broken ribs, and low back disability. The decision found that there was no competent evidence linking these conditions to active service or military service.

The Board found that the appellant did not submit new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability, as the submitted evidence does not establish the onset or aggravation of such condition during service.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that the new evidence submitted was not material.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for loss of vision, bilateral hearing loss, acquired psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus, low back disorder, left knee disorder, right elbow disorder, and arteriosclerotic heart disease. The appeals were not well-grounded.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to new evidence received after a December 1997 Supplemental Statement of the Case.

The veteran's appeal is to determine if the July 1980 rating decision denying service connection for a psychiatric disability was clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The Board has remanded the case back to the RO for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for service-connected schizophrenia, finding that there was no evidence of increased severity within one year prior to his October 23, 1989 claim.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and schizophrenia. The decision also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim.

The Board has ordered a new psychiatric examination to determine the extent of impairment due to PTSD or other psychiatric conditions. The claims for service connection and reopening will be returned to the Board after the examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is well-grounded. The evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current psychiatric symptoms are related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that it was not established as a result of active duty service.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder is not related to service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's death by suicide was due to a psychiatric disability with mental unsoundness that occurred during his active duty for training, and thus service connection is granted.