Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2010

The Board found no evidence of a service-connected psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and denied the Veteran's claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining missing VA medical records and readjudicating the claim.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal for all issues related to service connection.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability and a back disability. The Board also found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disability began in service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, a mental disorder, hearing loss, and recurrent plantar warts on the left foot were denied. The Veteran was not granted an increased rating for his recurrent plantar warts.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety disorder, as well as a sleep disability. The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for IBS and bilateral hearing loss was deferred pending completion of further development.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and a chronic upper respiratory disorder including bronchitis, finding no evidence of such conditions during or immediately after active duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder, right knee disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD). The denial was based on lack of new and material evidence to reopen these claims.

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

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a cervical spine disability, low back disability, or an acquired psychiatric disability due to disease or injury incurred in service. The evidence is insufficient to establish service connection for any of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case for additional medical opinions to clarify any current psychiatric, back or lower leg disability that may be related to service.

The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric and erectile dysfunction disabilities were not incurred or aggravated by service, nor are they proximately due to a service-connected disability.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder related to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression; whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for Paget's disease; and entitlement to an effective date earlier than December 12, 2008 for the grant of a 50 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss disability. The Veteran's TDIU claim was referred to the RO.

The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left hip disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder. The initial increased ratings for arthralgia of the left shoulder and left arm (elbow) are also granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining missing service personnel records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to determine the nature and etiology of any diagnosed psychiatric condition.

The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than June 22, 1992, for a 100 percent rating for schizophrenia was granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for alcoholism is denied as the law precludes such a finding after October 31, 1990.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining records and attempting to corroborate the Veteran's reported in-service stressor of domestic abuse by her former spouse.