Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2007

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder is not related to service and did not first manifest during or within a year of separation from service. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.

The veteran's claims for service connection were denied across the board due to lack of evidence showing a nexus between his claimed conditions and active duty service.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of lumbar spine with sciatica. The veteran's psychiatric disorder is being remanded for further examination and consideration.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, that was incurred in or aggravated by military service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia and granted it, finding that there is reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran regarding whether his current condition had its onset during his military service.

The veteran's PTSD and psychiatric disorder were not incurred in or related to his military service.,Hypertension was not incurred in or related to the veteran's military service, but may be secondary to diabetes mellitus. The Board denied this claim as there is no evidence of encephalitis.,Heel spurs are not shown to have been caused by the veteran's military service and were not found to be related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.,Encephalitis was not diagnosed in service or at any point after service, and thus cannot be granted as a service connection claim.,Sleep apnea was not diagnosed during service or at any point after service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disability, including as secondary to his service-connected absence of the left testicle, was not incurred or aggravated by active duty and is not proximately due to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for various conditions, including prostatitis, inguinal hernia, a lung disorder, and a psychiatric disorder due to sexual abuse. The appeals were not reopened.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional development and review of his claims file by a psychiatrist.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen his previously denied claim.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied. The Board found no evidence of the presence or onset of these conditions during service, within a year after separation, or due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder secondary to his back disability have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support an increase in rating prior to April 25, 2005 or since then, and also concluded there was no medical basis linking the veteran's current neuropsychiatric disorder to his service-connected lumbosacral strain.

The veteran's hypertension and cardiovascular disease are service-connected. Service connection for hepatitis was denied due to lack of new and material evidence. The claim for abnormal blood (hypertriglyceridemia) is also denied as it does not constitute a disability. Service connection for a psychiatric disorder secondary to diabetes mellitus is granted, but chronic renal insufficiency remains unestablished.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence. The case is being remanded for additional development.

The veteran's claim for TDIU was dismissed because his schizophrenia, the only service-connected disability at the time, already warranted a 100% schedular rating.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected schizophrenic reaction is being remanded due to the need for additional development of medical records and an updated examination.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder is not related to his service or any incident therein.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as a nervous condition).

The Board has dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection on all issues due to his withdrawal of these claims.