Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2003

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include as secondary to service-connected right tarsal tunnel syndrome, is being remanded due to additional development needed.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis for the veteran's claimed psychiatric disorder, hypertension, and lumbar spine disability. Therefore, service connection was denied.

The Board denied an increased rating for schizophrenia, finding that the veteran's condition produced no more than a definite degree of impairment in social and industrial adaptability.

The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The issue is now on its merits.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and for an effective date earlier than May 2001 for diabetes mellitus. The denial of both claims is based on the lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as panic disorder with agoraphobia, is related to his service and grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's vocational rehabilitation benefits were denied because she used the program to pursue a law degree, which was not approved as part of her original plan.

The Board found that the submitted evidence was not new and material, thus denying the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including paranoid schizophrenia.

The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.

The veteran's claimed conditions, including cardiac disability and headaches, were not shown to be related to service in the Persian Gulf War. The Board denied all claims for service connection.

The Board found that the August 1974 rating decision denying service connection for schizophrenia was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The evidence showed that the veteran's condition existed prior to service and was not aggravated by military service.

The VA has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disability in service and denied the claim for service connection. The issue regarding benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 was not addressed as it is pending.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia does not render him in need of regular aid and attendance or housebound due to his service-connected disability alone. The severe non-service connected dementia is the primary reason for his confinement.

The veteran's daughter did not meet the statutory requirements to receive accrued benefits due to her age and status as a child for VA compensation purposes. The claim was denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for psychiatric disability and hepatitis C, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the psychiatric claim and concluding that there is insufficient evidence linking the current diagnoses to active service.

The Board found that the December 1984 and June 1986 rating decisions were not based on clear and unmistakable error, as they correctly applied the then-existing regulations.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a psychiatric disorder including schizophrenia and headaches, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to service for the claimed conditions and denied all claims.