Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining dates of active duty and inactive duty training, determining if service connection is warranted for any diagnosed psychiatric disorder, and providing notice on disability ratings and effective dates.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to the need to obtain Social Security Administration (SSA) records and other pertinent information.

The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability. The Veteran's other claims of entitlement to service connection for various disabilities are addressed in the REMAND portion of this decision.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding no evidence of a chronic condition related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, depression, and schizophrenia is being remanded due to the need for additional development regarding the etiology of his psychiatric conditions.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed conditions, including degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, nervous stomach disorder, dizziness, nausea and vertigo, sinusitis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The claims were found to lack new and material evidence.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine if his insomnia and any other psychiatric disability are related to military service, and to assess the severity of his bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left foot disability and psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD and depression, have been granted. The Veteran also received an initial non-compensable evaluation for chronic sinus disease and headaches, with no specific evaluation given for the low back condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders are related to her service and has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bipolar disorder, which is an acquired psychiatric disorder, was first manifested during his period of active service and is therefore granted service connection.

The Board denied service connection for schizophrenia and found that the Veteran's current psychotic disorder is not related to her military service. The claims for increased evaluations of pes planus were also denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was reopened due to the submission of new evidence showing a current diagnosis of dysthymia with PTSD traits.,The claims for service connection for hypertension and hepatitis C were not reopened as the submitted evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.

The Veteran's mental disorder was not incurred or aggravated during service and is not related to any in-service incident. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression, which he claims is secondary to his service-connected bilateral flat feet, lumbosacral myositis and/or left shoulder tendinitis. The Board has determined that an additional examination is needed as the previous VA examination was inadequate.

The Board has granted reopening of the previously-denied claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and will consider it on its merits.

The Board found that the Veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type, had improved and warranted a reduction from 100% to 70% effective March 1, 2007.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for further medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorder and lumbar spine disability were aggravated during his period of active duty service from February 2003 to April 2004.

The Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, to include acute appendicitis, perforated diverticular sigmoid colon, and ruptured diverticulum with abscess formation; a psychiatric disability, to include paranoid schizophrenia and PTSD.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and a psychiatric disorder, claimed as anxiety disorder, are being remanded due to inadequate examination and incomplete medical records.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations to determine the etiology of his claimed back, knee, and psychiatric disorders.