Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2006

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and due process concerns, including sending a development letter in accordance with 38 C.F.R. § 3.304(f)(3) and obtaining service medical records from Selfridge Air Force Base.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder, left ankle disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, residuals of heat exhaustion, and skin condition (left hand) have been denied as new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the previously denied claims.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type warrants a 70 percent rating and is found to render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.

The Board has granted the veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for paranoid schizophrenia. The reopened claim will require additional development and is the subject of a remand.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia is currently manifested by minimal symptomatology, with adequate hygiene and fair judgment and insight. The current evaluation of 50 percent for schizophrenia does not meet the criteria for an increased rating.

The Board has determined that the appellant does not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. However, service connection is granted for major depressive disorder as it is related to his in-service back injury.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a service-connected psychiatric disability, and therefore cannot establish entitlement to TDIU.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting further examinations.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including medical examinations and a review of her claims by the Board.

The Board denied the claim for recognition of D. as a helpless child due to lack of evidence showing that she was permanently incapable of self-support prior to her 18th birthday.

The veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia was reopened and granted effective February 27, 2003.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for schizophreniaiform disorder (claimed as a nervous condition) and brain damage due to a head injury with organic brain syndrome.,As such, the veteran's claims for these conditions remain denied.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to September 9, 1996 for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia was denied as there is no evidence that he filed a claim prior to this date.

The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for the veteran's service-connected schizophrenic reaction, undifferentiated type.

The veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is service-connected as it was related to his time in service by a medical professional.

The Board remands the case for further development, including inquiries to the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard regarding additional service medical records, as well as a possible VA examination.

The appeal seeking to reopen a claim of service connection for schizophrenia was denied because the evidence received since the October 1998 rating decision is not new and material.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder and discoid lupus erythematosus were not incurred or aggravated by active military service.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for residuals of an injury to the right hand, and for residuals of the removal of a ganglion cyst from the left hand. However, no new and material evidence was found regarding the claim for a psychiatric disorder.