Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2001

The Board has determined that there was clear and unmistakable error in the May 1970 rating decision, which denied service connection for a nervous disorder. The veteran's claim is granted with an effective date of March 17, 1996.

The Board has determined that the current record is not sufficient to make a decision on the claims as there is no competent medical evidence linking current disability to service. The veteran's lay assertions of medical causation are insufficient for this claim.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a liver disorder claimed as due to herbicide agents in Vietnam has been dismissed. The Board found that the veteran did not perfect his appeal regarding these issues.

The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, which was previously denied in June 1990. The claim is now reopened.

The Board granted a 100 percent schedular evaluation for service-connected schizophrenia effective from December 11, 1996.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence. However, the case is remanded as there are outstanding VA and Social Security Administration records that need to be obtained before a decision can be made.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100% schedular evaluation for service-connected schizophrenia is denied as the February 1996 rating decision remains final.

The veteran's case is being remanded to the RO for a Travel Board hearing. The issue of entitlement to an increased evaluation for his psychiatric disability remains unresolved.

The Board is remanding the case due to the need for additional notification and development, including seeking evidence that a psychiatric disorder was present in service or linking any current psychiatric disorder to his period of active service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's pre-service acquired psychiatric disorder, manifested by headaches, was aggravated during his military service and is therefore granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a link between his condition and active duty.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a seizure disorder. However, both claims were denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board found that the RO did not commit clear and unmistakable error when it assigned November 2, 1994 as the effective date of service connection for the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's attempt to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenic reaction, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia. The case is now remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD, finding that there was insufficient evidence to support these claims.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right hand disorder, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, low back disorder, and psychiatric disorder. The claim for increased rating of cervical spine condition is granted to a 40% disability rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and secondary service connection.

The Board determined that the veteran's claimed neuropsychiatric disorder, including as secondary to his service-connected duodenal ulcer with irritable bowel syndrome, was not incurred in or aggravated by military service and may not be presumed to have been incurred therein. The claim was also denied because there is no competent medical evidence demonstrating a causal relationship between the post-service reported psychiatric disorder and either active service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and there is no evidence linking his current psychiatric disorder to service. The claim for service connection is denied.