Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2006

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and adjudicative action on all three issues: increased evaluation for bilateral pes planus, service connection for a psychiatric disorder as secondary to service-connected bilateral pes planus, and total rating for compensation based upon individual unemployability.

The veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depression, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, and PTSD. The appeal is remanded due to incomplete service records and the need for further verification of his National Guard service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for a personal hearing at the RO due to the veteran's failure to appear in June 2005, and because of confusion regarding his representation.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric and speech disorders, but further examination is needed to determine if these conditions are related to military service.

The Board finds that the veteran's schizophrenia was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, nor may it be presumed to have been so incurred. The preponderance of evidence is against the claim for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and denied secondary service connection for a depressive disorder as related to the veteran's service-connected duodenal ulcer disease.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current schizophrenia is not related to symptoms reported during service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's cause of death, hepatic encephalopathy, was not service-connected. The Board denied the claim as there is no evidence that his service-connected conditions caused or contributed to his death.

The veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia has been granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and further development is needed.

The veteran is seeking a higher rating for his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and challenges the reduction from 100 percent disabling to 50 percent. The Board has ordered additional development of his case, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling him for a VA examination.

The Board finds that the veteran does not have a service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, a leg disability, residuals of oral surgery, and a psychiatric disorder. The decision also addressed whether new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for hemorrhoids.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for gastrointestinal, bladder, and psychiatric disorders. The conditions are found to be not related to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was not incurred or aggravated during service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, hearing loss, and service connection for various conditions. The appeals were not successful.

The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a psychiatric disability resulting from VA treatment in July 1995 was denied, as it is not shown that the veteran has additional psychiatric disability related to such treatment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a psychiatric disorder are denied as there is no evidence to support these conditions were incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) or a low back disorder that is related to service. The evidence does not support these claims.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disability was not incurred in or aggravated by his service, and thus denied his claim.