Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2008

The Board remands the case for additional development, including a VA examination to determine if the veteran's psychiatric disorders are caused by or aggravated by his service-connected skin conditions.

The veteran is entitled to a 70 percent rating for his service-connected schizophrenia, effective from May 9, 1979, through September 26, 1984.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a new VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disability and a mental disorder, finding that the evidence did not support a link to service or aggravation of pre-existing conditions.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, but new and material evidence was found to reopen the claim for a foot condition. The other claims remained denied.

The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the August 1985 decision that denied a schedular disability evaluation in excess of 70 percent for schizophrenia, chronic undifferentiated type, and denied TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, diabetes mellitus, and an increased rating for chondromalacia of the left patella. The claim for a temporary total (convalescent) rating following plantar fibroma surgery was also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis C, diabetes mellitus, and a mental disorder, including anxiety and depression.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for issuance of a Statement of the Case on service connection for bilateral hearing loss and neuropsychiatric disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include neurosis, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, as there was no clear and unmistakable evidence of a preexisting condition and no evidence that the current condition was due to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and depression, finding that there was no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to active service.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to his request for a hearing before a Decision Review Officer.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder of service origin and denied his claim.

The Board found that the veteran does not have schizophrenia and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia (schizoaffective, depressed, competent) is rated at 100 percent disabling. However, he does not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound due to his disability.

The veteran's claims for service connection for chronic hypertension, a chronic renal disorder to include end-stage renal disease, an eye disorder, and a chronic psychiatric disability have been granted.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to May 5, 1989 for the award of VA disability compensation for PTSD with paranoid schizophrenia was denied because he did not apply for service connection for PTSD or file a claim for a compensable evaluation for paranoid schizophrenia prior to that date.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (panic disorder) and a personality disorder, finding that new evidence supports reopening of the claim. The Board also found that these conditions are not related to military service.