Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2010

The Board has ordered the VA to obtain SSA records and provide the Veteran with proper notice regarding the requirements for reopening his claim. The case will be remanded for further action.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and verifying claimed stressors. A PTSD examination will also be scheduled if the Veteran participated in combat or if a verified stressor exists.

The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric disability did not have onset during his active service and is not etiologically related to his active service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Board found that there was no evidence of a diagnosed psychiatric disorder in service or for many years thereafter and concluded that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a psychiatric disorder on multiple occasions to attempt to locate service records that reportedly include counseling for nervousness and treatment for alcohol abuse. The appeal is now being remanded again due to the failure to obtain mental hygiene or mental health outpatient treatment records.

The Veteran is entitled to a higher level of SMC based on the need for aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, including psychiatric conditions. He also has entitlement to a higher level of SMC based on loss of use of both lower extremities prior to September 8, 2003.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied. The Board found no evidence of in-service injury or disease, and the Veteran did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to exposure to herbicide agents.,Compensation benefits for a prostate disorder were also denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is at least as likely as not related to his active service, including a period of ACDUTRA with the Marine Corps Reserves. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration, including proper VCAA notice and a VA examination to determine if the Veteran currently has a scar above his left eye or other impairment affecting this region.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, and for a TDIU. The decision concluded that his psychotic symptoms are more likely related to drug abuse (cocaine addiction) rather than military service or PTSD.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence corroborating the occurrence of any in-service stressor.

The Board has remanded the case for a videoconference hearing due to the appellant's request and because some issues have not yet been certified to the Board.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is presumed related to his exposure to herbicides during service in the Republic of Vietnam. His gastroesophageal disorder and acquired psychiatric disorders are also granted as secondary to his diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and a gynecological disability. The Veteran's PTSD was found to be related to her in-service experiences of sexual harassment and assault, while the gynecological disability is not linked to her military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and to reopen his claim of an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD. The decision found that there was no current diagnosis of PTSD and that the evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the service connection claim.

The Board found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection due to an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The evidence showed no credible supporting evidence of the occurrence of in-service stressors and the preponderance of the evidence was against a finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for a lumbo-thoracic spine disability has been reopened and granted. The Veteran is still denied service connection for left knee, right knee, and psychiatric disabilities as they are not related to his service-connected residuals of a fractured left fibula with left ankle strain.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened and granted. The Veteran is now entitled to a rating in excess of 10 percent for his back disability.,There is no evidence that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is related to his diabetes mellitus or any other service-connected condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a lumbar spine disorder, finding no new and material evidence. The claim for residuals of frostbite was also denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder and a psychiatric disorder, as well as his claim for headaches secondary to a head injury scar. The bilateral patellar femoral syndrome was not shown until after service.