Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2005

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the veteran currently suffers from an acquired psychiatric disability due to any event or injury during his active military service.

The RO confirmed the veteran's rating for his service-connected psychiatric disorder at a 30 percent evaluation and denied entitlement to individual unemployability. The case is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for schizophrenia and PTSD, finding that new evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and his military service.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a chronic acquired variously diagnosed psychiatric disorder for VA compensation purposes, and thus denied his claim of service connection.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to the lack of verified in-service stressors. The issue of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, is being remanded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia first manifested during his period of active duty for training in June 1990, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.

The VA has denied the veteran's claim for an evaluation greater than 70 percent for his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia, finding that it does not more nearly approximate total social and industrial inadaptability.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not suffer from an acquired psychiatric disorder and therefore service connection for such is denied.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The appeal is considered 'mixed' as some issues were granted while others were denied.

The veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person was denied because he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without providing good cause.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims to reopen her previously denied psychiatric disorder, bilateral foot disability, and PTSD claims.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, attributing it to pneumonia and schizophrenia. The decision states that neither condition was incurred or aggravated by active service.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat and there was no credible supporting evidence for her claimed PTSD stressor. As a result, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing proper VCAA notice.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete Social Security Administration records and will provide an opportunity for the veteran to respond.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not competent to handle disbursement of his VA funds due to a diagnosed mental illness.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the November 2000 rating decision is not new and material, and therefore, the claim seeking service connection for a psychiatric disability may not be reopened.

The veteran is seeking service connection for a psychiatric disability, which he claims is related to an in-service assault. The Board has ordered additional development including obtaining service personnel records and scheduling the veteran for a VA examination.

The Board has ordered additional development due to the need for medical records and authorization of SSA records, as well as a VA examination. The case will be returned to the Board after these steps are completed.

The veteran's claim of entitlement to an increased rating for schizophrenia has been dismissed as the maximum benefit allowed by law and regulation has already been awarded.