Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2005

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia was not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may it be presumed to have been so incurred. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's paranoid-type schizophrenia did not meet the criteria for a disability rating greater than 10 percent from June 10, 1989 to May 9, 1999.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and failure to obtain Social Security Administration records. The veteran's claims for service connection are pending.

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

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia did not cause or contribute to his death, and since he was receiving a total disability rating due to service-connected conditions for less than ten years prior to his death, DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 were denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, hypertension, and a peripheral nerve disorder (CTS), all claimed as secondary to her service-connected polycystic ovarian syndrome.

The veteran's claims have been dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate their merits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected, with the diagnosis based on a non-combat in-service assault. The claim is granted as there is credible supporting evidence of the stressor.

The case is being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for further examination and analysis regarding service connection claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his active military service and thus denied all claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of a back disorder, schizophrenia, and bronchitis. The claim for an increased rating for bilateral flat feet was also denied.

The veteran's claim for a higher evaluation of his bipolar disorder with schizophrenia is granted, and he is now rated at 100 percent disabling effective from December 8, 2004. The issue regarding an earlier effective date for TDIU remains pending.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD that was incurred in or aggravated by service.

The veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability, which is determined to be of a direct nature and not related to any specific exposure basis or presumption, has been granted an increased rating to 70 percent.

The Board has granted a schedular evaluation of 100 percent for the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia, residual type, effective from August 24, 1994.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, which was previously denied due to drug addiction complications.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a psychiatric disability that is attributable to service, and denied his claim for service connection. The low back disability was also denied as there was no evidence linking it to service.

The Board found that the veteran's current schizophrenia was not incurred or aggravated by service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.