Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2004

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and the need for a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and VA medical records, arranging for a VA examination to determine whether the veteran is entitled to SMC based on A&A, and issuing a Supplemental SOC regarding the claim for specially adapted housing.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder and a TDIU rating, finding that his current psychiatric symptoms are not related to military service.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete evidence and need for further development, including a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder. The decision is considered mixed as some issues were granted while others were denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a mental disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, PTSD, a low back disorder, and a lung disorder claimed as lung scarring. The claim to reopen a throat disorder was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims to reopen his previously-denied service connection claims for an acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD) and residuals of a head injury (to include headaches).

The veteran's psychiatric disorder is not service-connected as secondary to his service-connected bilateral hallux valgus with bunions. His ratings for bilateral hallux valgus with bunions are granted at 10%.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, a condition he claims is service-connected, was first manifested within one year of his separation from active duty. Therefore, it has been presumed to have occurred during service and granted service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to procedural issues and the need for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The veteran is seeking service connection for a psychiatric disorder, claimed as manic depression. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of April 1, 1995, for a 100 percent rating for his service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is presumed to have been incurred in service due to symptoms manifesting within one year of discharge, and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for Lyme disease and related secondary conditions, finding no evidence of a current disability resulting from active duty service.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disorder in service or within one year after separation, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to the veteran's failure to report for a scheduled VA examination, and further evaluation is needed to determine if any current psychiatric disability is related to service.

The Board found that the veteran does not currently have a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder related to his service and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, including paranoid schizophrenia, has been reopened. The Board found that new and material evidence had been presented sufficient to reopen the claim.