Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2009

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The veteran was also denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 10 percent rating for residuals of a fracture of the left distal radius and higher ratings for both the fracture and venereal herpes.

The veteran is entitled to an effective date of May 5, 2005, for the grant of a 100 percent evaluation for paranoid schizophrenia and DEA benefits.

The Board is remanding the claims for further development and readjudication in compliance with directives specified.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric condition is being remanded for further development.

The claim for service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type was remanded to obtain additional evidence and schedule a VA examination.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hepatitis, eye disability as secondary to hepatitis, and acquired psychiatric disability as secondary to hepatitis for additional development.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia was rated at 100 percent, which is the maximum rating available.

The Board found that the reduction of the veteran's rating for schizophrenia from 100 percent to 50 percent was proper, but an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation was not warranted.

The Board remands the case for an examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disorder, as well as to properly evaluate the current severity of the veteran's bilateral knee condition.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, right foot disorder to include pes planus and plantar callosities, chronic skin disorder to include a bilateral hand rash, and chronic irritable bowel syndrome as there was no evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for additional evidentiary development.

The claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection and award of compensation for schizophrenia was denied as there is no evidence of a pending claim prior to June 9, 2005.

The veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is due to disease or injury that was incurred in active service.

The Board reopened the claim for service connection for schizophrenia based on new and material evidence, but denied the petition to reopen the claim for residuals of a head injury.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his psychiatric disorder is being remanded for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of his condition.

The veteran's claims for service connection for schizophrenia, degenerative disc disease of the spine, and diabetes mellitus type 2 were denied due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the claim, finding that the veteran's preexisting schizophrenia was not aggravated by active service.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen a claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.