Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2007

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and a back disorder, finding that the disorders were not incurred in or related to service. The decision is considered correct based on the evidence at the time.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including medical examinations and opinions on the issues of service connection for pain to major joints, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a heart disorder secondary to a service-connected back disability.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as secondary to personal assault. The evidence submitted since the October 1999 rating decision does not provide a medical linkage between the alleged in-service personal assault and the current psychiatric illnesses.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is related to his service.

The Board has remanded the case for a videoconference hearing due to the veteran's request. The appeal is not yet decided on its merits.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder, was aggravated by his military service. As a result, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including dementia, finding no causal connection between his current condition and active military service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further action, including scheduling a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a compensable initial evaluation for malaria due to lack of competent clinical evidence or opinion diagnosing these conditions.

The Board has decided to remand the case for further development due to factual disputes regarding the veteran's incarceration periods and whether they were related to felony convictions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of head injury, including a seizure disorder, and psychiatric disorder. The Board found that there was no evidence to support these conditions as being incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and arthritis of the feet and ankles, but determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim for arthritis of the feet and ankles.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia and granted it, finding that there is medical evidence of a nexus between the veteran's in-service psychotic episode and his current diagnosis of schizophrenia.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD were not incurred in or aggravated by active service. The claim was denied.

The Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by loss of sensation in the right and left legs, as well as back and psychiatric disorders. The claims were not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is denied as there is no evidence of an innocently acquired psychiatric disability during his service or credible supporting evidence that the claimed inservice stressors actually occurred.

The Board found that the evidence does not support a conclusion that schizophrenia was incurred in or aggravated by service, and thus denied the claim.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a low back injury and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The right shoulder disability was granted but with no increase in rating.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and verifying in-service stressors. The veteran's claims for service connection are pending.