Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2004

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a hearing before a traveling Veterans Law Judge. The issues of service connection for various conditions remain on appeal.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration, including providing VCAA notice, obtaining Social Security Administration records, and issuing a supplemental statement of the case.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury, but denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The decision is mixed as some issues were granted and others not.

The Board has ordered the case to be remanded due to incomplete medical records and a need for further development of the SSA disability benefits decision.

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

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development and readjudication due to failure to comply with VCAA requirements.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a chronic acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and SSA medical records.

The Board denied service connection for gastrointestinal disability due to an undiagnosed illness and psychiatric disability, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

The veteran seeks service connection for PTSD, which he claims is related to being bitten by a snake during service. The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of his psychiatric disorder.

The Board found that the veteran's personality disorder is not a disability for which service connection may be granted, and there is no evidence showing an acquired psychiatric disorder during or within one year after his service. The current psychiatric condition does not appear to be related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for an arteriosclerotic heart disease disability, but denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and adjustment disorder with anxiety.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is more accurately characterized as stated on the cover page of this decision. The case is REMANDED to the RO via the AMC for additional development.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for schizophrenia, paranoid type and a total rating based on individual unemployability. The veteran was found to have occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas due to symptoms associated with his schizophrenia.

The veteran's claims for kidney disability and an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, were denied in January 1972. The claim for service connection was reopened based on new evidence but remains denied. The issue of special monthly pension based on the need for aid and attendance is pending.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a nervous condition. The veteran's current psychiatric disability is being evaluated based on whether it is related to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including a VA psychiatric examination and compliance with Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 requirements.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 because the veteran did not meet the statutory requirement of having been rated totally disabled for at least 10 years prior to his death.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining a VA autopsy report and opinions from an appropriate physician regarding whether service-connected disability caused or contributed to the veteran's death. The claim for service connection for cause of death is also being reviewed.