Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2004

The Board denied the veteran's request for waiver of overpayment of disability compensation, finding that recovery would not result in undue hardship and was against equity and good conscience.

The Board is remanding the case to ensure that all VCAA notification requirements have been satisfied and for further development of the evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his diagnosis of a personality disorder was not incurred or aggravated during military service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and awarded a compensable evaluation for external hemorrhoids.

The Board found that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disability to include PTSD and denied service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and review, including obtaining employment medical records and arranging for a VA psychiatric examination to determine if any acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service.

The veteran's schizophrenia, chronic, undifferentiated type is presumed to have been incurred in active military service. The veteran does not have PTSD. Residuals of a brain concussion are manifested throughout the appeal period by complaints of very frequent and severe headaches.

The Board found that a chronic psychiatric disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service and bipolar disorder may not be presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder existed prior to service and was not aggravated during service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disability during service or within one year post-service, and concluded that the veteran's current depression is not related to his military service.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection of a neuropsychiatric disability, which is related to his service-connected right testicle disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen his claim for entitlement to service connection for headaches.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete notification and development under the VCAA, and the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder is pending.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is being reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. A VA psychiatric examination will be scheduled to determine if there is an etiologic relationship between any current psychiatric disorder and his period of active service.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected psychiatric disability, previously classified as schizophrenia and currently classified as bipolar disorder, is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including an eating disorder and anxiety disorder, is related to his military service.

The VA denied service connection for degenerative arthritis of the elbows and shoulder pain, finding no evidence linking these conditions to military service.,Service connection was also denied for an acquired psychiatric disorder manifested by insomnia. The VA found that there is insufficient evidence to link this condition to military service.

The Board granted a 50 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected undifferentiated type schizophrenia with PTSD from February 5, 1992 to March 14, 1995.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and PTSD, finding that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen these claims.