Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2006

The case is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing at the earliest available opportunity.

The Board has found that the veteran submitted a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) regarding the September 2002 RO decision which determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for restoration of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The case is being remanded for issuance of a Statement of the Case on this issue.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disorder, asthma, hepatitis, and residuals of a right knee disorder due to lack of evidence showing in-service incurrence or aggravation of these conditions.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, skin disability, and back disability due to lack of evidence of current disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for schizophrenia, a psychosis for treatment eligibility under 38 U.S.C. § 1702, an increased disability rating for PTSD, and TDIU.

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

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but the merits of the claim are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records and information from SSA.

The Board finds that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred in service. The preponderance of the evidence is against finding a nexus between any current psychiatric disorder and his active service.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia warranted a 70 percent rating, but denied restoration of the TDIU status due to failure to apply proper criteria for reducing disability ratings and terminating TDIU.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type, and finds that new evidence supports reopening the claim. However, the Board also finds that there is no medical evidence to support a finding that the veteran's current diagnosis of schizophrenia was incurred in service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and scheduling a VA audiological examination to determine if the veteran currently has hearing loss and its etiology.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's claimed stressors and a need for further examination to determine the nature, extent, and etiology of any currently diagnosed psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for increased ratings for schizophrenia, paranoid type and residuals of a left wrist fracture with traumatic arthritis are not supported by the evidence presented.

The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation of service-connected schizophrenia, but the Board finds that it was not factually ascertainable that he was entitled to such rating prior to January 14, 1991.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of psychiatric disorder, right ankle disorder, right knee disorder, and low back disorder, all claimed as secondary to service-connected left ankle Achilles tendonitis.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and a need for further psychiatric evaluation regarding the cause of death.

The Board denied service connection for a stomach disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional verification of stressors and a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequately addressed questions regarding the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disability and its relationship to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for reopening his service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of new and material evidence.