Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2000

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability and a bilateral foot disability are not well-grounded, as he has not submitted appropriate medical evidence of current disabilities.

The veteran's psychiatric disorder is found to be aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability. The right knee disability, post-operative right medial meniscectomy with osteoarthritis and chondromalacia of the right knee, warrants a 30 percent evaluation.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, but finds that it is not well-grounded and therefore denied.

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

The veteran's claim of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder is well grounded and the appeal is allowed. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and opinions.

The Board denied claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and residuals of a head injury. The claim for psychiatric disability was also denied as not well-grounded.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The claim is therefore reopened.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia is well grounded and granted the claim, attributing it to a new diagnosis of schizophrenia in service based on recent medical evidence.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, diagnosed as a residual type, is related to his military service and has granted this claim.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his schizophrenia and remanded the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's preexisting acquired psychiatric disorder was aggravated by her service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board found that the appellant has service connection for PTSD, but denied claims for other acquired psychiatric disorders due to lack of evidence showing a link between these conditions and military service.

The VA determined that the veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability evaluation for pension purposes.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is not well grounded and denied it.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for anisoscoria of the right pupil and psychiatric disability is well grounded, but not well grounded for service connection for anisoscoria of the right pupil. The veteran's service-connected disabilities have caused or aggravated his psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the case to obtain additional medical records and for further review of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for psychiatric disability.

The veteran's psychiatric disorder, currently rated at 10 percent, is not shown to meet the criteria for a higher rating under either the old or new rating criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that he failed to submit evidence of an inservice stressor and thus did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a neck or head injury and a psychiatric disability as not well grounded, due to lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to incidents in service.

The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as new and material evidence was not submitted.