Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2000

The veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and increased evaluations for post-phlebitic syndrome of the right leg and hypertension. The veteran's current conditions are not linked to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to a lack of credible supporting evidence confirming any claimed in-service stressors and a clear diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board has determined that the January 1979 rating decision denying service connection for schizophrenia was clearly and unmistakably erroneous, as it failed to apply the presumption of soundness. The veteran's schizophrenia is presumed to have been incurred in service.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to the death of the veteran, and no service connection is granted as a result.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) and post-traumatic stress disorder. The decision is based on a finding that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of an acquired psychiatric disorder, and that the veteran did not engage in combat or have verified inservice stressors related to his period of active military service.

The veteran's retroactive VA benefits were properly apportioned to his children's maternal grandfather, and he is not entitled to have this money recouped.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the veteran's right ankle fracture, finding that her disability manifested by no more than moderate limitation of motion. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability remains pending.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and a back disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for the psychiatric disorder and concluding that the claim for the back disorder was not well-grounded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder in November 1989. The decision held that there was no evidence linking the psychiatric disorder to military service, and thus it was not granted. The current decision finds that new evidence submitted since then does not provide sufficient information to reopen the claim.

The Board found that the veteran's current diagnosis of schizophrenia existed prior to his active service and was a prodromal phase of the condition. The Board also noted that there were no pre-existing conditions aggravated by service, as evidenced by the lack of any psychiatric findings in the entrance examinations for both periods of service.

The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is not well grounded, as there is no competent medical evidence of a nexus between the veteran's current psychiatric disorder and service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable evaluation for his service-connected anxiety psychoneurosis and service connection for residuals of cerebral vascular accident, respiratory disorder, hearing loss, and tinnitus. The decision found that these conditions were not related to his service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board found that the appellant's diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia did not manifest during service or within one year of discharge, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board granted a 100% rating for the veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and denied his claim for a temporary total evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 4.29.

The Board has granted a 100% disability rating for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia effective March 22, 1994. The veteran's claim is denied before this date.

The veteran's schizophrenia is rated at 50 percent disabling, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on his service-connected disability.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia and PTSD, is well-grounded. However, it was determined that there is no credible evidence to support a diagnosis of PTSD or any link between the veteran's current psychiatric condition and his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a combat-related in-service stressor and that his current condition is not related to his military service.