Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The veteran withdrew his appeal with respect to the claims of service connection for a bilateral leg condition, a bilateral hip condition, and a disability manifested by hot and cold spells.

The Board grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder based on the veteran's documented episode of psychotic symptoms during active duty for training and credible account of continuity of symptomatology since that episode.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased evaluation for migraine and muscle contraction headaches, as well as service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include paranoid schizophrenia, was reopened based on new and material evidence but ultimately denied.

The Board dismissed the veteran's motion for revision of prior RO decisions that denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, due to a failure to allege specific errors of fact or law.

The veteran's discharge from his period of service was under dishonorable conditions, and he is barred from VA compensation benefits for that period. The claims for service connection for various disabilities were denied as there is no evidence to support a direct link between the claimed conditions and his active duty.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating of schizophrenia, paranoid type.

The Board found that the evidence submitted since the previous denials was not new and material, thus denying both claims of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral ankle disability and a psychiatric disability (claimed as bipolar disorder).

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and paranoid schizophrenia, as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the previously-denied claim.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and an earlier effective date for the 50 percent rating for headaches were denied, as there was no current diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder and it was factually ascertainable that his headaches produced symptoms consistent with those required for a 50 percent rating from November 16, 1980.

The veteran's disabilities do not permanently preclude him from engaging in all forms of substantially gainful employment consistent with his age, education, and work experience.

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's dysthymic disorder, finding that it originated while she was serving on active duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, left ankle disability, bilateral leg disability (including peripheral neuropathy), and psychiatric disability (PTSD and depression) as there was no evidence of a current disability or a link to service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was remanded to obtain additional evidence and provide the veteran with a VA examination.

The veteran's paranoid-type schizophrenia results in total occupational and social impairment due to delusions, hallucinations, and violent behavior.

The appeal for an effective date earlier than December 3, 1998, for the grant of service connection for schizophrenic reaction was denied.

The Board found that the preponderance of evidence was against the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as there were no chronic symptoms during or immediately after service and the only competent clinical opinion on file was against the claim.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection and compensation for schizophrenia, paranoid type was denied as there is no evidence that a claim to reopen was received prior to January 16, 2001.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diabetes mellitus, and a back disability as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.