Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2008

The appeal is remanded to the RO for issuance of a statement of the case regarding service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The veteran's heart disability manifested by atrial and supraventricular dysrhythmia with exercise clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service and was not aggravated thereby. The veteran is not shown to have a cervical spine condition, headaches, sinus condition, an innocently acquired psychiatric condition, low back condition, hiatal hernia with reflux or other stomach condition due to disease or injury that was incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The appeal was denied for service connection of PTSD, and the effective date for a 60 percent rating for prostatitis was set to January 27, 2006. The veteran withdrew his appeal regarding tinea pedis.

The veteran was granted service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia effective March 13, 1989, and a 100 percent rating was assigned.

The Board remands the claim for a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for proper VCAA notice and development.

The Board denied service connection for a thyroid disorder, postoperative total hysterectomy, renal calculi, and a psychiatric disability. The claim to reopen the back condition was not addressed in this decision.

The Board denied service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the condition preexisted the veteran's service and was not aggravated by it.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD for further development, including obtaining an additional medical opinion and updating VA treatment records.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a mental disorder, to include an acquired psychiatric disorder and PTSD, as there was no evidence that his claimed conditions were related to active service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of the veteran's claims.

The veteran's bilateral pes planus is not entitled to a rating higher than 30 percent.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a heart disorder was denied because there is no medical evidence of record showing that the veteran has been diagnosed with a heart disorder.

The veteran's paranoid schizophrenia was incurred in service, as the evidence shows that he experienced psychotic symptoms during his military service which have continued after service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence that his condition began in or was related to his military service.

The veteran's claim to reopen a previously denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder was remanded for further development, including obtaining SSA records.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder as there was no competent medical evidence showing they were related to the veteran's active military service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the veteran's service connection claims.

The Board remands the claims for a VA examination to determine if the veteran's low back disorder and psychiatric condition are related to his active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability and residuals of head trauma, as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for a psychiatric disability, and there is no evidence showing that he has any residuals of head trauma.