Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2002

The Board has dismissed the appeal as the RO's decision to grant service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability resolves the matter.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not competent for VA benefits purposes due to his history of mental incapacity and noncompliance with medication.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to August 28, 1995 for a 100 percent evaluation for schizophrenia.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder and a psychiatric disorder, but denied them on the merits. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia did not cause, hasten or contribute to his death from severe coronary artery disease and diabetes.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no medical evidence of current disabilities or an etiological relationship to service.

The Board found no current psychiatric disability and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that his claimed conditions were not related to service and did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has found that new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has not been submitted, resulting in a mixed disposition (some issues are granted while others are denied).

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of February 18, 1998, for a 100 percent schedular rating for his service-connected chronic schizophrenia.

The Board found that the veteran does not currently suffer from a seizure disorder and his personality disorder existed prior to service. The psychiatric disorder is also not related to any incident of his active military service, including motor vehicle accidents.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim of service connection for schizophrenia, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence has been submitted. However, as this is an appeal to reopen, no disposition on the merits of the claim was made.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD. The decision is mixed as some issues are granted while others are denied.

The veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type, is productive of complaints of anger and irritability around other people; objective medical evidence shows a high level of occupational and social impairment. The Board has determined that the criteria for a 100 percent rating have been met.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for discontinuance of payment of benefits for a psychiatric disorder and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under Chapter 35 are denied, as service connection was never granted for these conditions. The claim for an increased rating for bronchial asthma is also denied due to the current disability not meeting the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board has granted service connection for recurrent corneal epithelial abrasion of the right eye with corneal scarring and persistent keratitis. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder secondary to a right eye disorder is remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was denied because new and material evidence had not been submitted.