Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2008

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new hearing before a Veterans Law Judge via video conference. The issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and anxiety, remains on appeal.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service department mental health clinic records and administrative records. The veteran's claims for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and depression are also being reviewed.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia and found new and material evidence to support this claim. The Board also determined that there is no credible evidence of PTSD incurred during active service.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service medical records and unverified stressor allegations.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the death of the appellant, and therefore no effective date for service connection is being granted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including cyclothymic disorder and bipolar disorder, is the result of service.

The Board has determined that there was clear and unmistakable error in the June 1995 rating decision denying service connection for a back condition. As a result, the claim is granted, and the veteran's CUE claim renders moot the issue of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen his claim for service connection for a back disability. The Board also found that there is no PTSD or psychiatric disability other than PTSD secondary to service-connected disabilities of both knees. A 30 percent rating was assigned for chondromalacia with moderate laxity in the right knee, and a separate 10 percent rating was assigned for arthritis resulting in limited flexion of the right knee. Similar ratings were assigned for the left knee.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to service connection for bronchitis, a psychiatric disorder, and a gastrointestinal disorder. The claims are being returned to the RO/AMC for further proceedings.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection of his claimed hip, low back, and psychiatric disorders as secondary to his service-connected right eye disability. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to his active duty.

The Board has vacated the previous decisions and dismissed the appeal due to the veteran's death.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a diagnosed psychiatric disorder and that any such condition did not increase in severity during service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including scheduling a VA mental health examination and asking the veteran to provide evidence of her academic achievements prior to military service.

The Board has determined that additional evidentiary development is needed, including providing the veteran with VCAA notice, verifying his reserve service, obtaining missing medical records from Woodbridge Township, and providing a new VA medical opinion to determine the nature and etiology of his current psychiatric disability.

The Board denied reopening the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including schizophrenia, depression, a nervous disability and memory loss. The new evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the veteran's current psychiatric disability is related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case to consider whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen claims for service connection for hepatitis C, hearing loss, liver disease, residuals of a head injury, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in its May 2005 decision, including failure to provide adequate notice regarding unavailability of VA treatment records and SSA benefits.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a respiratory disability, but denied the reopening of the psychiatric disability claim. The veteran's respiratory disability is not shown to be related to his active service or exposure to hazardous materials.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for schizophrenia but denied the underlying claim as there is no evidence that the veteran's current diagnosis of schizophrenia was incurred in or aggravated by his military service.