Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2007

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for coronary artery disease and erectile dysfunction, finding that there was no direct or secondary service connection based on the lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service.,For PTSD, the appeal is pending in the REMAND portion of the decision.

The Board found no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disability during service and denied the claim. For hearing loss, VA medical opinion indicated that it is at least as likely as not related to in-service noise exposure but did not find a current disability. The tinnitus issue was also addressed by the examiner.

The veteran has withdrawn his appeal regarding the effective date for service connection of a psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service connection claims for hypertension and a psychiatric disorder have been denied as there is no clinical medical evidence of record linking these conditions to his active service.

The veteran's claim for special monthly pension by reason of need for regular aid and attendance was denied as he does not meet the criteria for such benefits based on his inability to perform daily activities without assistance.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia is dismissed as legally insufficient.

The veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The RO has remanded the case to obtain additional medical records and to consider the claim on a de novo basis.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's PTSD to his service, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to a missing claims file, and requests for additional development have been made. The veteran's psychiatric disability, asthma (claimed as secondary to Agent Orange exposure), and hand injury claim are still pending.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of excised lip mucocele, residuals of excised left preauricular sebaceous cyst, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of cooperation from the veteran in obtaining necessary evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD and denied the veteran's claim for service connection due to lack of continuity of treatment.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to schedule a Board videoconference hearing at the RO in Nashville, TN. The case will be readjudicated after this.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, which can be related to his period of service and thus denied service connection.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for schizophrenia and found new and material evidence to support it. The claim for service connection for seizures remains denied.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board previously denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia in 1997, finding no new and material evidence. The most recent submitted evidence does not provide a reasonable possibility of substantiating this claim.

The VA has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder, hearing loss, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, or joint pain related to his military service. The Board finds no evidence supporting these claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current hearing loss disability for VA compensation purposes and thus cannot establish service connection for right ear hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to lack of new and material evidence.