Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2000

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus was not well-grounded, and denied his claims for increased evaluations of his psychiatric disability.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia was not incurred during active military service and denied his claim.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death.

The Board found no evidence of a well-grounded claim for service connection for any of the claimed conditions.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder, was not incurred in or aggravated by his active military service and no such disability may be presumed to have been incurred or aggravated by such service.

The veteran's loss of use of the lower extremities is not due to a service-connected disability, and he does not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptations grants.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not well-grounded due to lack of a verified in-service stressor and no chronic acquired psychiatric disorder in service. The diagnosis is now a personality disorder.

The VA determined that the veteran's claim of service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disability was not well-grounded.

The Board found that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for schizophrenia, as the evidence does not show a current diagnosis of schizophrenia or establish its relationship to service.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia and/or a bipolar disorder, finding that the evidence did not show a psychosis within one year of service or any nexus between current psychiatric disability and service.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a back disorder is not well grounded and denied it. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder will be remanded for further development.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia due to new and material evidence submitted since the September 1995 RO decision. However, the claim is not well-grounded as there is no medical evidence showing an increase in disability during active service.

The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder has been found to be totally disabling as of July 28, 1992. The VA determined that the disability warranted a total evaluation.

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

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his service-connected schizophrenic reaction disorder is being remanded due to the need for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a comprehensive VA psychiatric examination.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder related to service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection. The seizure disorder issue was not addressed as it is unclear if the appeal was about service connection at all.

The Board found that the evidence submitted since the previous final decision is not new and material, and thus denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for his schizophrenia disability ratings, finding that the evidence did not support such a change.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 9, 1997 for the award of a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected schizophrenia.

The Board denied reopening of the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in April 1986 and March 1990, respectively. The decision is based on existing evidence at that time.