Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2002

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypothyroidism, a cardiovascular disorder, hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy, and psychiatric disorder. The evidence does not support these claims as there is no current disability found to be related to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the evidence submitted since the February 1990 denial was not new and material.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia and depression, finding that new evidence presented since the last final denial supports a grant of service connection due to the manifestation of these conditions within one year of discharge.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that the veteran's current condition was not incurred during or aggravated by military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypersensitivity to chemicals and for special monthly pension due to housebound status, finding that his conditions were not related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of December 15, 1989 for his 100% disability rating for schizophrenia, paranoid type.

The veteran's appeal was denied on all issues, including service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, hypertension, and dental trauma. The RO also granted service connection for a skin rash but assigned it a noncompensable rating.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia was not incurred in or aggravated by wartime service and is not related to any incident of service. The claim for service connection for schizophrenia was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated during active duty.

The Board denied the appellant's petition to reopen his claims for service connection for back, inguinal hernia, psychiatric, and seizure disabilities due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and the issues of entitlement to service connection for a personality disorder. The veteran's claims were not timely appealed, and there was no evidence presented in support of his claims.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for accrued benefits as there were no pending claims at the time of her husband's death, and thus the legal merit is lacking.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was granted, and the effective date is set at September 13, 1983.

The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disability was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected headaches and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as bipolar disorder. The claim is now reopened.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, previously characterized as a nervous condition. The appeal is granted.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which was previously denied in August 1997.

The veteran's claims for hepatitis C and a psychiatric disorder are being remanded to the RO for further adjudication, including scheduling of a personal hearing before a Member of the Board.

The March 1993 rating decision granted a 50 percent disability evaluation for schizophrenia, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board found that the veteran's overpayment of disability pension benefits was not against the principles of equity and good conscience, as he was at fault in creating the debt by failing to report his civil service annuity income. The decision granted waiver of recovery of the overpayment.