Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2007

The Board granted service connection for psychiatric disability effective August 22, 2003 and assigned a 50 percent rating. The veteran's psychiatric disability is productive of occupational and social impairment that most nearly approximates reduced reliability and productivity.

The veteran's variously diagnosed psychiatric disorder, including sleep apnea, is rated at 30 percent. The rating for the psychiatric disorder was granted, but service connection for sleep apnea was also granted.

The VA determined that there is no evidence linking the veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type to his military service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claim of service connection for a cardiac disability was denied as there is no evidence of current heart disease or any link to service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and records to determine if the veteran's current knee disabilities and psychiatric conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has granted the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for PTSD and found that new and material evidence has been received. The issue of service connection for schizoaffective disorder (now claimed as paranoid schizophrenia) remains denied.

The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection for a low back disability. The claim for PTSD was denied due to insufficient credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, which was previously denied in May 1989. The reopened claim is now granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia, finding that new and material evidence had not been received.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and the need for further examination.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and determined that it was incurred in active service.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia and PTSD were not related to his service, with the symptoms of PTSD being more likely attributable to a post-service stressor event. Therefore, service connection for these conditions was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence of current disabilities related to service or any presumptive conditions.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder is related to his service-connected bilateral hearing loss and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that a remand is necessary due to the inadequacy of the January 2006 VA examination and the need for further development, including another psychiatric evaluation.

The Board denied reopening the claim for schizophrenia and found no service connection for head injury residuals, back disability, or COPD. The claims were all denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability cannot be reopened due to lack of new and material evidence. The newly submitted evidence does not provide any additional information or medical opinion linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board has determined that an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia is denied as October 15, 1984 (the date of receipt of the original claim) is the earliest possible effective date.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to fully consider the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and a manic depressive disorder.

The veteran's cause of death was an acute myocardial infarction, which the Board found not service-connected. The psychiatric disorder claimed as a result of service is also not service-connected.