Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2008

The veteran's claims for increased disability rating for schizophrenia and TDIU were remanded due to the need for a new VA examination, as well as issuance of a statement of the case regarding TDIU.

The veteran's claims for service connection, waiver of overpayment, and disability ratings are being remanded to the RO for additional development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and residuals of a chronic lumbar strain, as well as his claim for an increased rating for coccygodynia. The case is being remanded to obtain additional evidence and provide further development.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and seeking an opinion from a board certified psychiatrist regarding the etiology of the veteran's psychiatric disorder.

The veteran does not have PTSD and the Board denied service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including verifying stressors in service and obtaining a VA psychiatric examination to determine if PTSD is related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety) incurred in service and has also granted a 20 percent rating for the veteran's compression fracture at L4.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection due to a need for another hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the St. Petersburg, Florida RO.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as PTSD, is not service-connected due to a lack of verified in-service stressors. The claim for service connection is therefore denied.

The Board has decided to remand the veteran's claims for service connection and reopening of a previously denied claim, due to outstanding SSA records and notification deficiencies.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and a VA examination.

The VA determined that the veteran's schizophrenia does not cause significant occupational and social impairment, warranting a rating of 50 percent.

The Board found that the veteran's current neurological findings to include tremors and ataxia were not related to service, and his psychiatric disorders are not related to service or a service-connected disability. Therefore, service connection for these conditions was denied.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and anxiety disorder, as well as arthritis of the right knee. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was also denied, but new evidence received since the May 1985 rating decision reopened the previously denied claim.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA mental disorders examination to address whether any current psychiatric disability was incurred in or aggravated by service, and if so, whether it is at least as likely as not that a personality disorder was aggravated during service. The claim will be readjudicated after this additional development.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining treatment records from the Alabama Department of Corrections and VA medical centers.

The Board has granted an effective date of September 15, 1998 for service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by military service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran did not incur an acquired psychiatric disorder during service and denied his claims for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining personnel records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.