Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2006

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as vascular dementia with depressed mood, is not linked to service or a service-connected disability. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disability in service and insufficient medical nexus to support the claim. The veteran's current dysthymic disorder is not linked to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional development due to conflicting evidence and need for a medical opinion on whether the veteran's current mental disorder is related to service.

The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disability did not meet the criteria for a 100% rating prior to August 23, 2000. The effective date of the 100% rating is set at August 23, 2000.

The Board determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a broken nose and a psychiatric disability (claimed as a mental condition) were not supported by the evidence, including medical records showing no current diagnosis or relationship to his period of service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder was not incurred or aggravated during active service and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia. The decision found that a preexisting psychiatric disorder existed prior to service and was not aggravated by active duty.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration and VA medical records. The TDIU claim will be reconsidered after other claims are addressed.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and affording the veteran a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by active military service and did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal due to his death, and thus no effective date prior to September 28, 1990, for a grant of service connection for PTSD with schizophrenia, paranoid type, was granted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder, including major depression with psychotic features and schizophrenia, began during his military service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a fracture of the right fifth metacarpal and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The veteran's psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia and major depression with psychotic episodes, is manifested by total occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as gross impairment in thought processes or communication; persistent delusions or hallucinations; inappropriate behavior; inability to perform activities of daily living; disorientation to time; and memory loss. As a result, the veteran's claim for a 100 percent evaluation has been granted.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for right lower leg phlebitis was denied, but he was granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (adjustment disorder with depressed mood).

The veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia has been denied as there is no evidence of a current disability or a nexus to his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's unemployability due to his service-connected psychiatric disability became factually ascertainable on March 24, 1989. Therefore, an effective date of January 11, 1993 for TDIU is granted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are related to his service, and granted service connection for most of the disabilities listed. The effective date is not specified.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records related to a psychiatric disability. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD as secondary to service-connected disability, remains on appeal.

The Board denied an effective date prior to October 5, 1992 for the grant of service connection for PTSD with schizophrenia.