Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence and the need for a VA psychiatrist's opinion regarding the etiology of any current psychiatric disorder(s). The Veteran is requested to provide additional evidence, including a copy of the May 10, 1982 medical form from the Department of the Air Force.

The Board denied the Veteran's daughter's claim for recognition as a helpless child due to her schizophrenia, finding that she did not meet the criteria for permanent incapacity before turning 18.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation (SMC) by reason of the need for regular aid and attendance of another person or due to being housebound.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, but it remains denied as new and material evidence was not sufficient to establish service connection.

The Veteran does not have a diagnosed chronic acquired psychiatric disability that was incurred or aggravated by active service. The Board finds the evidence more likely to show that any current psychiatric condition is related to a pre-existing mental health issue, and not due to service.

The Veteran's nonservice-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for special monthly pension based on need for aid and attendance of another person or housebound status.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a compensable rating for migraine headaches.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination and issuance of a Statement of the Case (SOC) for the claims for an increased rating for diabetes mellitus and whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. The appeal also addressed whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen claims for a chronic disability manifested by joint aches (claimed as osteoarthritis) and PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, a psychiatric disability, heart disability, pancreatitis, and hypertension. The evidence did not corroborate the claimed in-service stressors or show that any of these conditions were related to military service.

The Veteran's schizophrenia claim was reopened, but the evidence did not establish a service connection. The depression claim is pending.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disability, other than PTSD, originated during his service and is therefore granted as it meets the criteria for direct service connection.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, erectile dysfunction, neuropathy of the lower extremities, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and lumbosacral spine disability. The appellant is not entitled to these claims as his conditions are not related to his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder on the basis that it manifested within one year of separation from active duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including TBI and schizophrenia, as new and material evidence had not been received to reopen these claims. The claim for an eye disability was also denied.

The Board found no evidence of a current psychiatric disorder related to service and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.

The February 1976 rating decision is not subject to revision based on a difference of opinion under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.105(b).,An effective date prior to May 20, 1990, for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied.,There was no pending unadjudicated claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to May 20, 1990.,An effective date prior to May 8, 1981, for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia is denied.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence does not meet the criteria for reopening the claim of service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type. The claim is therefore denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia is service-connected, as it was present during his military service.