Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2001

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder due to new evidence submitted by the appellant.

The veteran's unauthorized medical expenses for services rendered at L. E. Cox Medical Center from May 24, 1999 to May 26, 1999 are denied as the care was not rendered in a medical emergency and for a nonservice-connected disability associated with his service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board denied an increased rating for organic brain syndrome, finding that the disability was not productive of more than slight or mild social and industrial impairment.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder in May 1978, but the veteran's claim was reopened and granted effective from May 9, 1997. The VA is denying an earlier effective date.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia, paranoid type, and has also found that he meets criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected condition.

The Board denied the application to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder was chronically increased by his service-connected L5-S1 lumbar radiculopathy with a bulging disc, L5-S1.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have veteran status and therefore is ineligible for disability compensation, leading to a denial of his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and ensure compliance with VA examination requirements.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a right knee disability, finding that there was no evidence of such conditions during or within one year after active duty.

The veteran's lower extremity weakness and loss of function are attributed to non-service connected disabilities, thus denying entitlement to specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The appeal is based on the veteran's reported experiences in service and his current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development due to incomplete medical records and need to review different theories of service connection.

The case is being remanded to the RO for an appropriate hearing before a traveling member of the Board. The appellant needs to take no further action until they are so informed.

The Board has determined that the veteran's pre-existing schizophrenia worsened during his military service, and therefore grants service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board has determined that the issues of entitlement to increased disability rating for schizophrenia and total disability rating due to individual unemployability are inextricably intertwined with the claim for service connection for post traumatic stress disorder. The case is being remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a rating in excess of 60 percent for residuals of an iliac-inguinal lymph node dissection of the left leg, and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for schizophrenia, specifically challenging the February 1987 rating decision that did not assign such a rating. The case has been remanded to address both the service connection issue and the claim of clear and unmistakable error in the prior rating decision.

The veteran's schizophrenia is productive of total social and occupational impairment, warranting a 100% evaluation.

The Board has remanded the case due to new legal requirements under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000. The veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is pending.