Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2010

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the Veteran meets the criteria for PTSD and whether any diagnosed psychiatric disorder is causally related to military service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for schizophrenia, paranoid type was granted effective June 28, 2002. The decision is based on evidence showing the onset of increased disability in December 12, 2001.

The Board found that the Veteran's schizophrenia did not begin in service, was not shown to be related to service, and denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and other psychiatric disabilities have been denied as the evidence does not support a finding of service connection based on direct service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his pre-existing condition existed prior to service and was not aggravated during service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was denied as there is no credible evidence of in-service onset or continuity of symptoms.

The Veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The case has been remanded due to insufficient verification of the claimed stressors.

The Board found that the Veteran's current diagnosis of PTSD is related to an in-service sexual assault, and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased rating for a scar, reopening of service connection claims for leg fracture and frostbite, and service connection for PTSD. The scars were found to be non-compensably disabling. The leg fracture and frostbite claims did not have new and material evidence received since the last final denial.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD related to service and denied his claims for service connection for mental disorders, headaches, loss of weight, and hypertension.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination and additional medical records.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary before the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability can be decided. The Veteran's representative argues that his psychiatric condition may be secondary to his service-connected post-gastrectomy syndrome, but this cannot serve as new and material evidence under VA regulations.

The Board is remanding the case to schedule a video-conference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the Waco RO due to the Veteran's preference for such.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disorder, left arm disorder, shoulder disorder, and neck disorder were denied as these conditions are not shown to be related to his active duty or any service-connected disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for further development and clarification of his claims.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, service personnel records, and SSA medical records. The Veteran will be scheduled for a VA examination to evaluate his claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board found that the appellant does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder other than paranoid schizophrenia, and this condition was not present during honorable service or within one year of his discharge from service in April 1992. The Board also concluded that paranoid schizophrenia is not etiologically related to his period of honorable active service.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims due to his death, and no jurisdiction remains for further action.

The Veteran's initial compensable evaluation for decreased gastric motility was granted, but service connection for a psychiatric disorder including anxiety and depression was denied. The Board remanded the case for additional development.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA psychiatric examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disability, and whether it is at least as likely as not that the disability was caused by his period of service.