Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2007

The Board has decided to remand the case due to issues related to whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of service connection for schizophrenia. The veteran will need to provide additional information about his claim, including what evidence would substantiate it.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic gastritis and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The evidence does not support a current diagnosis of chronic gastritis or a link between the claimed conditions and service.

The Board has remanded the case to obtain missing service medical records and additional information from the veteran. The VA psychiatrist will also be asked to provide an opinion regarding whether the veteran was insane at the time of his AWOL during his second period of active service in 1980.

The veteran's appeal includes multiple issues related to his service-connected and non-service-connected disabilities, including a request for increased rating for flat feet, as well as claims for various other conditions. The case is being remanded for additional development.

The veteran is seeking service connection for schizophrenia, but a VA examination is needed to determine the etiology and approximate date of onset.

The veteran's claims for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and a personality disorder with immature personality and situational adjustment reaction have been reopened, but the issues of entitlement to these conditions remain unresolved.,The Board is remanding the case back to the AOJ for further action on the reopened claims.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the veteran's claims, including obtaining VA treatment records and verifying in-service stressors. The case will be remanded to the RO for further action.

The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disorder did not have its onset during active service or within one year after separation, and is not related to any in-service disease or injury. As such, the claim for service connection was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, depression, and PTSD. The evidence submitted was found to be cumulative or redundant and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The evidence presented suggests a possible link between the veteran's current condition and his military service.

The veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD. The Board has remanded the case for additional development and readjudication.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was not incurred or aggravated by service and is not related to his service-connected gunshot wound. The claim for an increased rating of residuals of a gunshot wound of the right arm was also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, residuals of septorhinoplasty, right foot disorder, bilateral ankle disorder, and alcohol dependency. The decision found that none of these conditions were incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has granted the reopening of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and has also granted service connection for schizophrenia. The veteran's current schizophrenia is found to be attributable to his military service.

The Board finds that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and his psychiatric disorder is not related to service. The veteran's disability is considered in equipoise as to whether he is permanently disabled from a nonservice-connected condition, thus granting him entitlement to a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to determine the appellant's service connection claims, including whether he was exposed to a verified stressor event in Southwest Asia during his military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of its incurrence or aggravation during active service and no relationship to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of schizophrenia because new and material evidence had not been submitted to link his current disability to service.

The Board has determined that no new and material evidence was received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, which had previously been denied in 1986. The veteran's current diagnosis of schizophrenia is not considered sufficient to reopen the claim.