Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2002

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a right foot disability on a secondary basis are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations.

The September 11, 1975 rating decision denied service connection for psychiatric disability. The veteran's claim was reopened in November 1999 and granted effective from April 21, 1977.

The Board has determined that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia began during his active service and is therefore presumptively service-connected.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for depression and an increased rating for paranoid schizophrenia, finding that there was no competent evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, finding that no evidence existed to support such a change.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for major depression with a history of major depressive episodes and schizophrenic reaction, finding that his disability did not warrant a higher evaluation than the current 30 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen her previously denied claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current acquired psychiatric disability, specifically dysthymic disorder, is related to a physical injury in service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.

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 determined that the veteran's PTSD is related to her period of active service and granted her claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder as secondary to his right knee disability and PTSD, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for a psychiatric disorder. The Board also found no current diagnosis of PTSD based on verified stressors from active service.

The Board determined that the veteran did not file a timely application for Service Disabled Veterans' Insurance (RH) due to his incompetence at the time of filing.

The Board found that the appellant does not have a chronic acquired psychiatric disability attributable to military service, including PTSD.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The veteran's statements describing stressors experienced in Vietnam, along with recent medical evidence of paranoid schizophrenia, are considered significant enough to warrant reopening the case.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and residuals of cold injury to the feet and hands, finding no evidence of current conditions or causation in service.

The Board denied the motion for revision or reversal on grounds of CUE, finding that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the July 1998 decision reducing the veteran's disability rating from 100% to 50%. The evidence showed material improvement over several years with moderate impairment.

The Board has granted the appellant's claim of service connection for schizophrenia, finding that it was aggravated during a period of active duty training (ACDUTRA).

The veteran's colon cancer is presumed to be service-connected due to exposure to ionizing radiation during military service. The Board has jurisdiction over the denial of service connection for heart disease and a psychiatric condition, but not over the denial of service connection for residuals of gallbladder removal.

The Board denied the veteran's requests to reopen his claims of service connection for a systemic infection with dementia and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.