Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2003

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type warrants a 100 percent evaluation due to total social and industrial inadaptability.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence or clarification. The case is now being reviewed by the RO, and if necessary, a VA psychiatric examination will be arranged.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues regarding service connection for various conditions. The case is now remanded for additional examinations and analysis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his current major depression is not associated with his active military duty.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development and readjudication due to a lack of consideration by the agency of original jurisdiction (RO) of an October 2002 VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to resolve conflicting diagnoses of PTSD and to obtain medical records related to the veteran's vision loss. The case will be remanded for further action.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension, finding that the veteran may have had hypertension during his military service. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied.

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

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The Board also found that by reasonable medical certainty, the veteran developed paranoid schizophrenia within one year of discharge from military service.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional service and pre-service medical records. The case is now remanded for these developments.

The Board found that the appellant did not have a chronic acquired psychiatric disability present during service or for many years thereafter, and denied his claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD.

The Board has ordered further development to determine the cause of the veteran's death and whether any cardiovascular disability was incurred or aggravated during military service.

The veteran's disability manifested by schizophrenia is due to disease that was incurred in active service.

The Board vacated the July 23, 2003 decision due to administrative error and denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia.

The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case, including obtaining additional medical records and conducting examinations to determine the nature and etiology of any currently diagnosed respiratory or psychiatric disability. The appeal is remanded for these purposes.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder and an increased rating for his skin condition, finding that there was no evidence showing a psychiatric disability related to his service-connected skin condition. The clothing allowance claim is pending.

The Board has ordered further development due to incomplete service and medical records. The case will be returned for additional development before being reviewed again.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the RO for additional consideration.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia. The case is now remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for mental disorders, bilateral leg and foot disorders, back disorder, and bilateral hand disorders. The evidence did not support current diagnoses related to these conditions.