Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2008

The Board found that the veteran's lung disability and psychiatric disorder were not service-connected due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for schizophrenia, including secondary to residuals of a contusion of the coccyx. However, it granted a 10% rating for the veteran's residuals of a contusion of the coccyx as of May 27, 2003.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and sinus problems. The veteran's sinus problems are found to be related to his active service, including exposure during Desert Storm.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia was aggravated during service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran submitted a timely substantive appeal regarding whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability. The case is being remanded for further development, including adjudicating whether there was clear and unmistakable error in the September 1983 rating decision denying service connection for a psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the case due to a request for a Travel Board hearing on the timeliness of the veteran's substantive appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current bilateral knee disability or psychiatric disorder, and therefore service connection for these conditions is denied.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, resulting in a denial.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, incurred or aggravated during his military service. The Board found no competent medical evidence of a current diagnosis of bipolar paranoid schizophrenia and concluded there is no link between the veteran's alleged in-service harassment and his current condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient service medical records and the need for further development, including obtaining additional VA treatment records and Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits decisions.

The veteran's schizophrenia has been shown to be productive of a blunted affect and recurrent, though not persistent, hallucinations. The Board found that the symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's restrictive airways disease is not related to his service, and therefore denied this claim. The veteran was granted a 70 percent rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder (Anxiety, Major Depression, PTSD).,The veteran's mental health condition includes anxiety, major depression, and PTSD, with symptoms such as irritability, impaired impulse control resulting in threatened violence, hypervigilance, panic attacks, and nightmares.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for an acquired neuro-psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the previously denied claim. The preponderance of the medical evidence did not support a finding that any of the appellant's acquired neuro-psychiatric disorders were incurred in or aggravated by his period of active duty for training.

The Board has determined that the veteran's sleep apnea, navel hernia, diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) are not related to service. The claims for these conditions have been denied.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's claimed conditions to his service, and thus denied all claims for service connection.

The VA medical opinion concluded that the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia did not cause or contribute to his death due to hypertension and COPD, which were noted in the ICU following resuscitative efforts with sympathomimetic agents.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder is not related to her service and thus denied her claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate notice provided to the veteran regarding new and material evidence for his claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure in obtaining relevant medical records and discharge information, as well as failing to provide proper VCAA notice.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for her service-connected bilateral pes planus was denied.,Her claim for secondary service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to her service-connected bilateral pes planus was granted.