Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The Board remands the case for a VA examination and medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric disability is related to her military service.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including scheduling the Veteran for VA orthopedic and neurological examinations.

The Board granted an effective date of July 18, 1995 for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have PTSD and denied service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a chronic condition in service or within the applicable presumptive period, and no competent medical evidence linking any current disability to active duty.

The July 1, 1983 rating decision has been vacated and the appeal as to CUE is moot. The March 17, 1975 rating decision that reduced the assigned disability evaluation from 100 percent to 70 percent for schizophrenia did not contain clear and unmistakable error.

The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, dementia, hypertension, headaches, and a bilateral foot disorder. However, the claim for service connection for PTSD was granted.

The Board found no evidence of a current low back disorder or psychiatric disorder that was incurred in service, and denied the claims.

The Board remands the case to verify the Veteran's periods of active service and obtain any relevant records, as well as to have a medical examiner provide an opinion on the etiology of the claimed psychiatric disability.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, seizures with loss of consciousness, weight loss, hematemesis and rectal bleeding, a heart condition, and sleep disorders as there was no evidence to support a nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's period of active duty.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative changes and increased the rating to 20 percent, effective February 11, 2005. The Board also granted ratings of 20 percent for right and left lower peripheral neuropathy.

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

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder claimed as schizophrenia, finding no evidence linking the current diagnosis to his active military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for schizophrenic reaction, paranoid type, chronic with alleged PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, a psychiatric disorder as secondary to pes planus, and a bilateral knee disability as secondary to pes planus. The 30 percent rating for pes planus was also denied.

The Board granted an effective date of January 20, 1995, for the award of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia.

The case is remanded for a medical examination and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's personality disorder and depression preexisted his service and whether the disorders were aggravated in any way by his military service.

The Board denied service connection for psychiatric disorders and a right shoulder disorder as they were not related to any aspect of the Veteran's service.

The Board remands the claim for an examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorder.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to determine if there is a 50 percent or better probability that any currently present psychiatric disorder is etiologically related to active service or was caused or chronically worsened by service-connected ankle and back disabilities.