Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2002

The Board found no evidence of a service-connected acquired psychiatric disability or substance abuse. The veteran's conditions were first diagnosed many years after active service, and there is no medical opinion linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran's spouse is granted an apportionment of $125 per month from his VA compensation benefits, effective as of the date of this decision.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral foot disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder. The evidence received since the previous decisions did not meet the criteria to reopen these claims.

The Board found no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disorder that was incurred or aggravated by service, and denied the veteran's claim.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, which was previously denied in June 1990.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to November 1, 1995, for additional compensation benefits for dependents due to lack of evidence showing a formal or informal claim was submitted before October 1996 and subsequent to the October 1, 1978, effective date of the liberalizing legislation. The Board also found that there was no duty to notify the veteran under Pub. L. No. 95-479 due to a lack of evidence showing such notification.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia with severe anxiety is shown to be productive of a level of social and industrial inadaptability that more nearly approximates a disability picture consistent with that of a demonstrable inability to obtain or retain employment, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia results in total social and occupational impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board granted a 100 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia, effective April 28, 2000.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, but did not establish a nexus between the current condition and service. The claims for residuals of a head injury (including seizures) and arthritis were denied as new and material evidence was insufficient.

The VA determined that there is no evidence to support the veteran's claims of PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and personality disorders, related to service.,VA found insufficient medical evidence to substantiate the veteran's stressor allegations or to establish a connection between his current psychiatric conditions and military service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, but denied the merits of the claim.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and no current schizophrenia is proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not competent for VA purposes to handle his financial affairs due to his mental illness and drug abuse.

The Board has granted a higher rating of 70 percent for the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia, finding that it causes occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not have any diagnosed respiratory disorder, left leg disorder or paranoid schizophrenia incurred in service. The claims for service connection are therefore denied.

The Board dismissed the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than July 8, 1994 for a 70 percent rating for schizophrenia as it was not timely appealed.

The Board denied jurisdiction over a CUE claim in the December 1980 rating decision, but granted an effective date of March 20, 2000 for service connection of PTSD.

The Board found that the evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder, and thus denied service connection for these conditions.

The Board found that the February 14, 1990 decision denying service connection for a psychiatric disorder was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.