Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development, including obtaining additional service records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for lung disability, an acquired psychiatric disorder, certification of eligibility for automobile and adaptive equipment, and determined that his income was excessive for improved pension benefits.

The veteran's schizophrenia has been rated at 30 percent from September 23, 2008, due to occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board concluded that there is a preponderance of the evidence against the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence related to the veteran's claims.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including providing the veteran with a VCAA notice letter compliant with 38 C.F.R. § 3.304(f) and obtaining relevant VA medical records since 2005.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and found that an overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits was validly created due to the veteran's failure to report his incarceration.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, as there was no evidence of a psychosis within one year of separation from active duty and no competent evidence linking the condition to his military service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, an increased rating for headaches, and TDIU were denied as the evidence did not support that his psychiatric condition or headaches began during or were caused by his time in service, nor was he found to be unemployable due to his service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia, finding that the disability was likely to have onset during the Veteran's period of active service from January 1973 to December 1975.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for bipolar disorder, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia as there was no competent medical evidence establishing a link between his psychiatric disorder and his period of active service.

The veteran was granted an initial disability rating of 100 percent for paranoid schizophrenia, effective from January 30, 2003.

The appeal was partially granted, with the denial of a higher rating for amputation of the distal phalanx of the right middle finger and the reopening of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination and examinations to assess the current severity of his asthma and bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen a claim for service connection for schizophrenia, as no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The veteran's service connection claim for PTSD has been granted, and the evidence received since the March 1999 RO decision is new and material to reopen his claim for schizophrenia.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence indicates that the veteran does not currently have a mental health disability other than PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability, an in-service event, or a nexus between the veteran's military service and any of his claimed disabilities.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for hypertension and a psychiatric disorder, to include GAD, as there was no evidence of chronic symptoms in service or continuous symptoms after service.