Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2006

The Board has remanded the case for further development of evidence, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and providing notification regarding the type of evidence needed to establish service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to issues related to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and residuals of a right wrist injury.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, and tinnitus. The Board found no current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, and there is no evidence linking any current psychiatric condition to service. Hearing loss was not shown in service or related to service, and tinnitus was not incurred during service.

The veteran's request for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board or videoconference hearing.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD and there is no evidence of a currently manifested acquired psychiatric disorder being related to service. Therefore, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is denied.

The Board found that the September 1953 rating decision contained clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in reducing the veteran's rating for service-connected schizophrenic reaction from 100% to 70%. The appeal is granted.

The Board has determined that service connection is not warranted for the claimed conditions, including mycoplasma infection and a lung disorder, as they are not shown to be related to active duty or an undiagnosed illness.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to procedural deficiencies in VCAA notice and further development of evidence is required.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a higher rating for ulcerative colitis, finding that there was no evidence of such conditions during service or secondary to any service-connected disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including depression and PTSD, and hypertension. The Board found that there was no credible supporting evidence to corroborate the veteran's claimed stressors related to his military service, and thus denied service connection for PTSD. There is also no current diagnosis or treatment record for hypertension within the one-year presumptive period.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and conducting a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed psychiatric, hearing loss, and tinnitus disabilities.

The Board found that the overpayment of $45,819.14 was properly created due to the veteran's fugitive felon status from December 27, 2001 through August 17, 2003 and denied waiver of recovery as it would otherwise provide compensation for a period when he was a fugitive felon.

The Board found no credible evidence of a verified in-service stressor and thus denied the claim for service connection for PTSD.

The VA determined that the veteran's current psychiatric condition is not a result of her military service, as her pre-existing condition was not aggravated by service.

The Board determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was not incurred in or related to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, sinusitis, or onychomycosis. The claim for service connection for organic heart disease with myocardial infarction and gout was denied as there is no competent evidence of current disabilities related to service. Service connection for a mental disorder was also denied due to lack of competent evidence.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence to support her claim based on the available records and lack of service medical records.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia contributed to his death, and thus grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board finds that the veteran's claimed salivary gland disorder, Sjogren's syndrome, and psychiatric disorder were not shown in service or for years thereafter, and that probative evidence of record indicates that these disabilities are not related to or aggravated by his active service, any incident therein, or any service-connected disability. Thus, the Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claims of service connection for salivary gland disorder, Sjogren's syndrome, and a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic PTSD is related to an inservice attempted homosexual rape, and service connection for this condition is granted.