Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2004

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of Schizophrenia due to new and material evidence submitted since the August 1989 rating decision. The case is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding whether the current psychiatric disability is causally related to military service.

The Board found no evidence of a psychosis during service and concluded that the veteran's current psychiatric disability is not related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of CUE in rating decisions that failed to assign an earlier effective date for his 100% disability rating for paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed and the case is being remanded for further development.

The Board has reopened the previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus and an acquired psychiatric disability. However, further development is required to determine if these disabilities are related to active service.

The Board found that there is no competent evidence of record demonstrating a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, was due to or the result of the veteran's service-connected plantar warts. Therefore, the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder secondary to service-connected plantar warts was denied.

The veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD, which he claims developed due to sexual assault during military service. The VA has ordered a remand for additional development and examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to VCAA compliance issues, and the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder is pending.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury and psychiatric disorder, as well as his claim for an initial rating higher than 20 percent for degenerative disc disease at C5-C6.

The Board denied the claim that the veteran's death was caused by his service-connected schizophrenia and alcoholism, finding no evidence to support a connection.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development and adjudication on the merits of the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied reopening the claim for service connection for schizophrenia due to lack of new and material evidence.,Service connection was not granted for low back condition or coronary artery disease.

The Board granted an effective date of November 9, 1992 for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia. The veteran's application to reopen his claim was filed on that date.

The Board found that the veteran's current major depression was not incurred or aggravated during active service and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's dysthymic disorder, diagnosed as a result of her Gulf War service, is granted service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further action due to incomplete medical records and need for a clinical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disability, including whether it is related to service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete evidence and need for independent verification of in-service stressors.

The Board found that the cause of death, suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the torso, was not related to service or a service-connected disability. The veteran's death was attributed to emphysema and a psychiatric disorder, both presumed to have existed prior to service.

The Board has granted the veteran's request to reopen his claims for service connection, but denied both issues on appeal. The veteran is still seeking service connection for a disorder claimed as high fever, weakness, and malaise, and for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder and organic mood disorder.

The Board has reopened the claim and determined that new evidence supports a finding of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.