Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2003

The veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another, or at the housebound rate was denied as he does not require such assistance due to his disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen her claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted since the final January 1991 Board decision.

The veteran's claim of clear and unmistakable error in the January 7, 1970 rating decision that denied service connection for schizophrenic reaction is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type in June 1973 and September 1980. The effective date of July 11, 1990 was assigned by the RO based on the veteran's claim to reopen his case.

The veteran's request for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure of the RO to readjudicate and provide a supplemental statement of the case after obtaining additional evidence.

The Board has determined that the appellant's current bilateral foot disorders, including pes planus and calcaneal spurs, are not related to service. The psychiatric disorder claims have also been denied.

The Board found that the veteran does not have PTSD related to service and denied his claims for service connection. The issue of whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia was also denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia warranted a 70 percent evaluation from August 7, 1996 to December 9, 1997.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating higher than 10 percent for schizophrenia, finding that there was no evidence of symptoms attributable to service-connected schizophrenia and that the disability did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under either the pre-November 7, 1996 or the November 7, 1996 version of the rating criteria.

The Board has determined that the veteran's son, F.R.R., is a helpless child due to permanent incapacity for self-support prior to reaching the age of 18 years. The evidence shows he was permanently incapable of self-support by reason of his mental conditions (ADHD and schizophrenia) and asthma.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's delusional disorder, which manifested during his last years of service, is related to his military service and grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was presented to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The veteran's current psychiatric disorders are related to his service, while his PTSD is not linked to any incident of service.

The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding no new and material evidence had been submitted since a final decision in August 1988.

The Board has granted a 100 percent schedular rating for the veteran's service-connected chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia with depression, finding that his disability results in total social and occupational impairment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, characterized as adjustment disorder with history of dysthymic disorder, warrants a 50% disability rating.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 14, 1997 for the grant of service connection for a psychiatric disorder was denied as there is no legal basis to award such a retroactive effective date.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not incurred in service and denied his claim.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder did not have its onset in service and was not manifest within one year thereafter. The Board also determined that the acquired psychiatric disability is not causally or etiologically related to and has not been aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.