Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2007

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for psychiatric disability, claimed as PTSD. The decision is to grant this claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining police and hospital records related to the veteran's psychiatric disability. The veteran should also be scheduled for a psychiatric examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disorders.

The Board denied the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and a mental disorder, finding no new and material evidence. The veteran's current conditions are not linked to his active service.

The Board found that the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as major depressive disorder, did not have its onset during active military service or within one year thereafter and has not been linked to service by competent medical evidence. The Board also found that PTSD did not have its onset during active military service and the record does not reflect a diagnosis of PTSD based upon verified in-service stressors.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and found that the appellant's gastrointestinal disorder is secondary to her service-connected PTSD. The case is remanded for further examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's currently diagnosed psychiatric disorder is not related to his service and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current psychiatric disability for which service connection can be granted, including PTSD. The evidence does not support a finding of in-service stressors or a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for schizophrenia and bilateral corns, calluses, and hammertoe/claw deformities.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and his other psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is less likely than not related to his period of active duty service. Therefore, service connection for both conditions is denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a fall, laceration and broken nose.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a failure to obtain Social Security Administration records.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia. The case is remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychological disorder is not related to treatment with LSD-25 administered by VA in 1967, and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder, dysthymia, is causally related to his service-connected disabilities and grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO. The case will be returned to the Board after any necessary actions are taken.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, left knee disability, and tumors or skin cancer. The denial is based on lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling a videoconference hearing and issuing statements of the case on certain issues.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for PTSD, as well as his request for earlier effective dates for these conditions. The decision also noted that there was no final rating decision regarding a claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and granted it, as new evidence submitted since the last final denial shows that her current diagnosis is due to alcohol abuse. As such, she cannot be granted service connection because her condition was caused by her own alcohol abuse.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, that is causally related to his period of active service. The record also contains no credible corroborating evidence that the veteran's claimed in-service stressors occurred. As a result, the claims for PTSD are denied.