Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2008

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to the service-connected asthma, finding no evidence of a nexus between the current condition and military service.

The Board has remanded the case to provide proper notice and obtain any pertinent evidence identified by the veteran. The issue is whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed type II diabetes mellitus and psychiatric disorder were not incurred or aggravated by service, nor may they be presumed to have been. The claims are therefore denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including chronic paranoid schizophrenia and PTSD, were not incurred or aggravated during service. The claim for alcoholism is denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between current disability and service.

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

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disability, if present, was not incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia and found that new evidence was submitted. However, the claim is still denied as there is no medical evidence linking the current psychiatric disorder to his military service.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disorder, as well as whether it is related to service. The veteran's claim for service connection will be remanded for this purpose.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and providing proper VCAA notice.

The Board has determined that the June 1975 decision denying restoration of service connection for schizophrenia was clearly and unmistakably erroneous, and as a result, service connection for schizophrenia is restored retroactively effective from January 1, 1973.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder to his active duty service and denied his claim.

The Board found no direct link between the veteran's current psychiatric disorder and active military service, including the January 1978 head injury. The veteran's headaches are not related to service either. Therefore, both claims for service connection were denied.

The VA determined that there is no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD or any other acquired mental disorder, and the Board found insufficient medical evidence to associate these conditions with service.

The Board denied the petition to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, inclusive of schizophrenia and anxiety disorder due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for myopia, presbyopia, intestinal ankylostomiasis, seborrheic dermatitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, malaria, and schizophrenia. The evidence submitted was not considered new and material to reopen any of these claims.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of a psychiatric disorder was dismissed as the August 1956 rating decision, which granted service connection and assigned April 25, 1956 as the effective date, is final.

The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disability did not have its onset or increase in severity during service and is not otherwise related to active duty. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's service connection claims for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, and a psychosis claimed as schizophrenic effects.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, a psychiatric disorder, hypertension, a liver disorder, and a respiratory disorder. The Board found no current diagnoses of these conditions and concluded that there was insufficient evidence to link any of them to service or herbicide exposure.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disability during service or related to any in-service disease or injury, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.