Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2002

The Board found that the veteran's pre-existing organic brain syndrome with depressive syndrome was not incurred in or aggravated by service and granted service connection for an organic brain disorder and/or a neuropsychiatric disorder, to include depressive syndrome.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a current chronic acquired psychiatric disorder related to service or VA treatment and her personality disorder is not considered a disability for VA compensation purposes.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, hearing loss, residuals of hepatitis, and a back disability. The veteran's eye disorder is not considered a condition that can be service-connected.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and a disability of the right hand. The decision also denied his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted. The Board also determined that there was insufficient medical evidence linking the appellant's current psychiatric disability to his military service.

The Board has determined that the claimant's preexisting psychiatric disability, diagnosed as chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia, was not aggravated during his brief period of active service. Therefore, he is not entitled to service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's psychiatric disability, finding that it originated during his active military service.

The Board found that the April 1984 decision denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, was not CUE. The Board concluded that the correct diagnosis in service was a personality disorder and not schizophrenia.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that his condition began several years after service and was not caused by any incident of service.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder, including as secondary to a reported inservice head injury. Service connection was denied for bronchitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type as secondary to in-service neck trauma or service-connected residuals thereof. The evidence did not establish a nexus between the current psychiatric disability and either the underlying injury or its residual.

The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disorder, but denied service connection for low back, ulcer, right shoulder, cervical spine, and psychiatric disorders. A noncompensable evaluation was assigned for tinnitus prior to June 10, 1999.

The Board has determined that the effective date for a 100 percent schedular evaluation for the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is June 1, 1983. This decision grants an earlier effective date based on the veteran's service-connected condition.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability, which was previously denied in March 1954. The new evidence includes medical records from the VA hospital where the veteran was treated after his discharge, as well as letters from private physicians supporting the veteran's contention that his psychiatric condition began during military service.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder due to new and material evidence submitted. However, it was determined that there is no competent medical evidence linking any post-service diagnosed psychiatric disorder to active service.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that there was no credible supporting evidence of the claimed stressors and no competent medical evidence relating a current psychiatric disorder to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder in August 1997, concluding that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection due to lack of medical documentation linking the condition to service. The decision was upheld as not being the result of clear and unmistakable error.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder is unrelated to his active service or any incident occurring therein.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The Board denied reopening of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The veteran's original appeal was withdrawn, and new evidence did not establish a relationship between his current conditions and military service.