Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2007

The Board dismissed the appeal because the veteran failed to properly raise a claim of entitlement to an effective date earlier than September 1, 1981, for the award of a 100 percent schedular rating for schizophrenia. The prior final rating decisions were not subject to revision based on clear and unmistakable error.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional development, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing.

The Board found that the submitted evidence was not new and material, thus denying the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection of paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, is not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service medical records and a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including providing proper notice as required by Kent v. Nicholson.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, claimed as secondary to right orchiectomy. The evidence received since the last final denial supports this claim by raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a neck disability, psychiatric disorder, cholestasis secondary to sepsis, and acute rhabdomyolysis. The appeal was reopened on new evidence, but no rating or effective date was assigned.

The veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, rated at 100 percent since May 1997, meets the criteria for a total rating. Therefore, his claim for TDIU is dismissed as no justiciable case or controversy remains.

The Board has remanded the case for further development of the evidence and due process development, including obtaining SSA records and VA medical center records.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and granted it. The veteran's claims for chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, and arthritis of the cervical and lumbar spine have been addressed.

The Board has granted reopening of the veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disability, but finds insufficient medical evidence to decide the merits of the claim. The case is therefore remanded for further development and examination.

The veteran's service connection for chronic tinnitus and right ankle sprain residuals is granted. Service connection for chronic hypertension is denied as not incurred in or aggravated by wartime service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder secondary to his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the 5th and 6th cervical vertebrae. The case is being remanded again due to non-compliance with prior remand instructions regarding obtaining treatment records from Dr. [P.H.] at Montrose Psychotherapy Center.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a current psychiatric disorder that is etiologically related to his period of active service, and thus denied the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder or scleroderma with Raynaud's syndrome due to service. The evidence is against a finding of such conditions being incurred in service.

The Board finds that the veteran did not sustain a neck injury or nerve injury during VA outpatient treatment on April 19, 1994. The medical records do not indicate such an injury occurred and no additional disability was caused by this treatment.

The veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The case is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination and additional records.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for verification of a stressor event. The veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and other psychiatric disabilities are pending.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's pre-existing psychiatric disorders, finding that they were not aggravated by his active service.