Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2000

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than June 19, 1991, for a compensable rating for service-connected atrophy of the right testicle and his application to reopen a claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder secondary to service-connected atrophy of the right testicle. The Board has also remanded his claim for an increased rating for atrophy of the right testicle.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and gastrointestinal disorder, finding that there was no competent evidence linking these conditions to service or any service-connected condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and an undiagnosed illness, finding no current evidence of a hearing loss disability. The claim for an undiagnosed illness was not well-grounded due to lack of medical evidence showing signs or symptoms of such an illness.

The Board previously denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a psychiatric disability. The case is being remanded due to new legal standards and the need for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records from 1973 and 1974.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, a psychiatric disability, was incurred during active service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted a 70 percent evaluation for the appellant's service-connected depressive neurosis, schizophrenia, and dysthymic disorder.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral defective hearing, heart disorder, and an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD). However, the claim of service connection for these conditions remains denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking any current disability to service.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim due to new and material evidence, but denied her request for VA benefits as she did not meet the criteria of being permanently incapable of self-support before reaching age 18.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, which was previously denied in 1980. The reopened claim is now considered well-grounded.

The Board granted a 100% rating for schizophrenia effective December 9, 1997, finding that the veteran's disability was productive of more than considerable social and industrial impairment.

The veteran's claims for service connection and secondary service connection are being remanded due to the need to obtain VA medical treatment records.

The Board has found that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder. The veteran's claim is now considered in light of all available evidence.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and bilateral hearing loss, as well as a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, were denied because the veteran failed to appear for scheduled VA examinations.

The veteran's claim for an effective date of payment of 50 percent disability compensation benefits for service-connected schizophreniform psychosis prior to August 1, 1994 was denied by the VA Regional Office.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for cholecystitis and schizophrenia. The decision found that there was no evidence of a current disability during or within one year after active service, and that any diagnosed conditions were not related to military service.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was not well-grounded due to lack of competent evidence linking his current psychiatric condition to service.

The Board found that the veteran's right eye disorder other than exotropia and psychiatric disorder are not well grounded, meaning there is insufficient evidence to support these claims. The issues of service connection for arthritis of the right hand, cervical spine disorder, and multiple noncompensable service-connected disabilities remain unresolved.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is not related to service. The claim for a right knee disability was denied as there is no evidence of an in-service injury or condition.

The Board finds that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is not well-grounded due to a lack of medical evidence linking any current psychiatric condition to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a neck disorder, psychiatric disorder, and back disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service. The new evidence submitted since the previous decisions did not provide sufficient information to reopen any of the claims.