Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The Board found that the Veteran did not have a psychiatric disorder, including symptoms of depression and anxiety, in service. The weight of the evidence does not support a finding that his current psychiatric condition is related to his active military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his active military service and have denied all of his claims.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining service treatment records and personnel records, procuring post-service medical records, and conducting a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any psychiatric disability, including PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for psychiatric, bowel, stomach, and prostatitis disorders. The foot disability claim was also denied.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The appellant is seeking to establish a causal relationship between her husband's schizophrenia, including medications he was taking, and his fatal heart attack.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, thyroid disease or injury, psoriasis of skin, retinopathy, and asbestos-related disease. The decision found that the Veteran was not credible regarding his in-service experiences and did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings have been denied. The Board found no evidence of amputation or significant disability in the left small finger, right ankle fracture, compression fracture of the lumbar spine, or left knee injury. Service connection was not granted due to lack of evidence of a nexus between these conditions and military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD (claimed as depression with stress), is being remanded due to the need for additional development of evidence regarding in-service stressors and a VA examination.

The Veteran seeks SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected schizophrenia and status-post gastrectomy. The case is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and an examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed left ankle disability, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and psychiatric disorder were not incurred or aggravated by active service. The evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptomatology since service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for alcoholic dementia, depression, lung disability (asbestos exposure), and hearing loss are all denied as the evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for back disability, left knee disability, and schizophrenia. However, it denied the underlying de novo issues of entitlement to service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's personality disorder pre-existed service and was not aggravated by any incident or disorder of service origin, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining new evidence and conducting a psychiatric examination to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions are related to his service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a psychiatric disability and a low back disability on a direct basis, finding that new and material evidence was not received to reopen these previously denied claims.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder during service or within the first post-service year, and concluded that the Veteran's current psychiatric condition is not related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition. The PTSD claim was denied as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for seizure disorder, psychiatric disability other than PTSD, and PTSD. The evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an eye disability, a back disability, and schizophrenia. The decision also addressed whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen these claims.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical dysplasia, and trochanteric bursitis were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and her military service.