Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2005

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to provide proper VCAA notice and will proceed with further development.

The VA determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including a psychosis, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and could not be presumed to have been incurred or aggravated in service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is a result of his active military service and has been granted service connection.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that the veteran did not have a disease or injury incurred during service and no evidence of a chronic condition within one year of separation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, was not incurred or aggravated in active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim. The Board also determined that there was no direct evidence linking any current psychiatric disability to service.

The Board has determined that new evidence was submitted, but it is not considered material to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The case is being remanded to the RO for additional development due to a request for a videoconference hearing.

The Board found that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia did not have its onset during service and is not related to any in-service events. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of any in-service injury as claimed by the veteran and does not attribute any current disorders to service. Therefore, service connection for all claimed conditions is denied.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, concluding that his schizophrenia medication did not contribute to his liver problems and thus was not a contributing factor to his death.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder was not incurred or aggravated by active service and denied his claim.

The Board denied service connection for IBS and a psychiatric disorder, finding no competent medical evidence to support these claims.

The veteran's asthma is found to be the result of disease or injury incurred in active military service.,A June 1997 rating action by which the RO denied a claim for service connection for a nervous disorder is final. The evidence received since that decision is new and material, reopening the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, due to a lack of evidence linking her symptoms to active duty. The Board found that while she experienced psychotic episodes in the late 1980s, there was no credible evidence supporting a link between these episodes and her military service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of service connection for psychiatric disability, resulting in a denial.

The Board has remanded the case to consider an earlier effective date for a 100 percent disability rating for schizophrenia, which was granted in April 1989. The veteran's claim is currently under review.

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

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as paranoid schizophrenia, bipolar, and typical post passive-aggressive, did not meet the criteria for service connection due to lack of evidence showing it was incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board is remanding the case to obtain medical records from Erlanger hospital and SSA, as these may contain relevant evidence for the veteran's claim of schizophrenia. The appeal will be reviewed again after obtaining this information.