Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2006

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia, undifferentiated type.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder did not occur in service and is not related to his military service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder. The case is now remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The reopened claim is granted.

The Board dismissed the veteran's motion for revision of their August 1997 decision denying compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to CUE.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to a previous remand not being followed.

The Board increased the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability to a 70 percent rating effective October 14, 1992 and granted entitlement to TDIU effective August 1, 1999. The attorney fee stipulated in the August 6, 2003 agreement is reasonable.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but it is REMANDED to obtain additional medical records and determine if new evidence supports a grant of service connection.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a new VA psychiatric examination report and providing VCAA notice regarding disability ratings and effective dates.

The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia contributed to his death, and grants service connection for the cause of his death. The issue of DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is dismissed as resolved by granting service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and consideration of the evidence.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding that there was no evidence linking the cause of death to any event or etiology in service, including his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, is not related to his service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's tinnitus claim is denied, but he is granted service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety state with depression) due to the presumption of service connection based on his status as a POW.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for schizophrenia, bilateral hearing loss, and hepatitis C. The decision found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for schizophrenia, and there was no evidence linking hepatitis C to service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, PTSD, and a psychiatric disability other than PTSD. The decision found that there was no evidence of these conditions during or as a result of military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination and VCAA notice letter. The veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is on appeal.

The Board found that the prior denial of service connection for PTSD was final, and new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim. The Board also noted that the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) did not have a nexus to her military service.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, due to new and material evidence. However, it is not granted as there is no credible evidence linking any current psychiatric disorders to service or in-service stressors.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his previously denied claim of service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the new evidence submitted was not material and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.