Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2005

The Board has determined that the veteran is incompetent for VA purposes due to his mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. The decision was based on medical evidence showing frequent hospitalizations and active psychosis.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder and diabetes mellitus were not incurred or aggravated during his military service, including as a result of exposure to herbicide agents. The claim for service connection is denied.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric/brain disability, concluding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder, right hip disorder, and psychiatric disorder as secondary to the service-connected right knee disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence corroborating his alleged in-service stressors and insufficient medical evidence linking any diagnosed anxiety disorder to his military service.

The veteran's schizophrenia, currently evaluated as 50 percent disabling, warrants a 70 percent evaluation.

The Board found that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder related to his period of military service and denied the claim.

The Board denied the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that his pre-existing condition did not undergo any permanent increase in severity during active duty.

The Board found that a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder was not manifest in service and is unrelated to any incident of service. Organic diseases of the nervous system or psychosis may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to report for a scheduled VA examination and requests that additional evidence be submitted, including treatment records from sources identified by the veteran. The claim will be re-adjudicated after these actions.

The October 3, 1986, Board decision denying service connection for a chronic psychiatric disorder to include paranoid schizophrenia was found to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The benefits sought on appeal are granted.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development, including scheduling a VA examination and readjudicating the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, which is now recognized as PTSD, was incurred during his military service and an effective date of April 11, 1980 for this condition is granted. The claim for earlier effective date for PTSD is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current lung problems are not related to his active service, and thus cannot be granted service connection. The right shoulder disability and psychiatric disorder claims were reopened due to new evidence submitted since June 1995, but the Board found no causal relationship between these conditions and service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia. The arthritis claim is also considered, but there is no competent diagnosis of arthritis on file.

The Board denied the veteran's motion alleging clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in its September 2004 decision, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his claim for an earlier effective date for compensation benefits for schizophrenia.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a thyroid disorder and an organic mental disorder, were denied. The Board found that the veteran did not have current disabilities related to these conditions and thus could not establish service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, diagnosed as an acquired chronic psychiatric disorder, was not incurred or aggravated during active military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD and his generalized anxiety disorder was first manifested many years after active military service and is not shown to be related to any incident, injury or disease of active service.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, or hypertension. The Board found no evidence of such conditions during active duty or within one year post-service, and concluded that any current acquired psychiatric disability is unrelated to service.