Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2005

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for intervertebral disc disease of the lumbar spine and a psychiatric disorder, finding new and material evidence. Service connection is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate notice and assistance provided by VA.

The Board denied the appellant's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability other than organic affective syndrome and left ear hearing loss, as well as his application to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for left ear hearing loss. The Board also denied his request for increased evaluations for residuals of a skull fracture.

The Board found the reduction of the rating from 30% to 10% for service-connected residuals of a depressed skull fracture, status post craniotomy with organic mental disorder and headaches was proper based on clear medical evidence showing improvement. The veteran's condition is now rated at 10%. An increased rating is not warranted.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that further development is required to comply with the veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disability, including post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia. The appeal is currently in a denied status.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if the veteran's son is permanently incapable of self-support and, if so, when that incapacity started.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for schizophrenia. The veteran's PTSD claim is also denied.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disability in service and concluded that the current psychiatric disability is not related to military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a nexus opinion regarding the veteran's psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea.

The veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain a medical opinion regarding the current diagnosis and its relationship to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that it was not warranted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of a recent expert medical opinion.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasons and bases for denying service connection for a psychiatric disorder, specifically because the VA examination did not comply with prior requests to review all relevant records.

The veteran's claims for reopening service connection for psychiatric disability, seizure disorder with amnesia, headache disorder, and back disability are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional evidence from Social Security Administration.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA psychiatric and dermatology examination to clarify the veteran's conditions and their relationship to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia, right ear hearing loss, and a left hip disorder. The RO previously denied these claims in October 1995 and March 1998, respectively.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for multiple joint pain, headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder, weight loss, and sleeplessness. The appeals were based on presumptive service connection due to undiagnosed illnesses related to service in the Persian Gulf War.

The RO's decisions of March 1965 and January 1967 denying service connection for a psychiatric disorder were not based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The claim for new and material evidence was denied.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding no evidence of such condition in service or within one year post-service. The veteran's testimony regarding the origin of his depression was not supported by medical evidence.