Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2008

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder (depressive neurosis).

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional evidence, including Social Security Administration records. The case will be reviewed again after the new evidence is obtained.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, PTSD, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine as there was no evidence that these conditions were related to the veteran's period of active military service.

The Board has determined that the appellant's claims of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder and severe degenerative disease L4-L5 and degenerative disc disease have not been substantiated by new and material evidence, and thus the appeals are denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for dental trauma and an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically depression. The Board found that there was no evidence of a link between the claimed conditions and active duty service.

The VA granted an increased rating of 30 percent for the veteran's psychiatric pain disorder effective from September 10, 2007. The decision also addressed his neck injury and total disability rating claims.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric impairment is a personality disorder that was not subject to superimposed disease or injury during service, and thus denied her claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not competent to handle VA funds due to his mental condition, specifically paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD with depression and anxiety. However, it was determined that new evidence did not establish a current diagnosis of PTSD or link the disorders to military service.

The evidence submitted since the March 1971 rating decision is not new and material, and the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, remains denied.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination and the issuance of a statement of the case regarding the petition to reopen a final disallowed claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for schizophrenia as it was not manifest in service or to a degree of 10 percent within one year of discharge, and there is no evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting his claimed in-service stressors.

The Board found that the evidence received since the July 1954 rating decision does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, and is not considered new and material. The claim of service connection for schizophrenia is therefore not reopened.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, alcoholism, a lung disorder, dental trauma, a right knee disorder, and left ear hearing loss as the evidence did not support a medical nexus between these conditions and the veteran's period of active duty.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle condition, finding no relationship between the present right ankle condition and service. The psychiatric disorder claim was remanded.

The Board grants service connection for schizophrenia, which represents a complete grant of the benefit sought on appeal.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a respiratory disorder, a stomach disorder, and a bilateral knee disorder.

The appeal is being remanded to the RO for corrective notice regarding new and material evidence requirements.