Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and to reopen a claim for a psychiatric disorder due to lack of corroborated in-service stressors and new evidence not being material.

The Board's decision of October 2007 was vacated due to a denial of due process, and the case is remanded for further development.

The appeal of the July 1, 2002, rating decision denying service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is granted as the Veteran has until 60 days after the issuance of a SSOC addressing the additional evidence contained in the April 2003 VA examination to file a Substantive Appeal.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, as the evidence did not show that the condition was incurred in or aggravated by active duty.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, including as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected chronic eczema of both legs, due to the lack of evidence linking the psychiatric condition to either service or the service-connected condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection as new and material evidence was not received to reopen the previously denied claims, and direct service connection was not established.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include as secondary to a service-connected disorder of the lumbar spine.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including verification of alleged stressors and obtaining additional medical evidence.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of a causal relationship to the Veteran's military service or any service-connected disability.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional development.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disorder.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and schedule a new VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder, an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, a sinus disorder, an eye disorder (color blindness), residuals of right small finger injury, and residuals of dental injury. The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for the service-connected postoperative residuals of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for migraine headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, anxiety disorder, and freezing up of motor skills), muscle spasms, and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, residuals of head injury, and an eye disorder due to lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence that the appellant's schizophrenia was related to his period of ACDUTRA.

The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence, including VA clinical documentation and records from the Social Security Administration (SSA), and to schedule a VA examination for compensation purposes.

The appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining the Veteran's service personnel records and a new medical opinion regarding her claim of PTSD.

The claim for service connection for residuals of bilateral knee injury was reopened, but the appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of service connection for schizophrenia, finding that there was no valid clear and unmistakable error in a previous decision or other basis to support an earlier effective date.