Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2010

The Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine is rated at 20 percent, and bilateral tinnitus has been granted service connection. Service connection for erectile dysfunction and a psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and depression) have also been established.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's narcolepsy was incurred in service, and his psychiatric disorder is secondary to his service-connected sleep apnea. The respiratory disorder claim is denied as there is no evidence of a current COPD.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. As a result, the claim remains denied.

The Board has denied reopening the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a right knee disorder due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder is directly caused by her military service and grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to verifying the claimed stressors during his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and IBS, but found that the Veteran's conditions do not warrant higher initial ratings than the currently assigned 30 percent rating.

The Board found that the Veteran's statements regarding his stressors are not credible and thus denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD.

The Board found that the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors could not be verified, and thus did not establish service connection for PTSD or any psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Veteran's residuals of schizophrenia have been rated at 50 percent from August 19, 2004, to July 13, 2008; 100 percent from July 14, 2008, to October 27, 2009; and 50 percent since October 28, 2009.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied across multiple conditions, including PTSD, chloracne, hypertension, hepatitis C infection, and a lung disability. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to service or herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and a left elbow disability are being remanded due to the need for additional development. His claim for increased rating of gastric ulcer is also being remanded.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, due to incomplete records and need for further examination. The Veteran is requested to provide information about his treatment in Waterloo, New York, and any VA treatment records from 1984 and Bay Pines.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and hepatitis A and C due to lack of verified in-service stressors and no causal link to service. The Veteran's reported combat experiences were not corroborated by service records.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The Board found no competent evidence of a current skin disability or any link between the claimed conditions and service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and consideration of the Veteran's claims, including obtaining missing service treatment records and verifying stressors. The Veteran is also given an opportunity to present evidence from her mother and sister.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining corroborated stressor information and scheduling VA examinations to determine the nature of his acquired psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea.

The Veteran's service connection claims for multiple conditions, including retropatellar pain syndrome of the right knee, tendinitis of the right wrist, recurrent tinnitus, chronic vasomotor rhinosinusitis with a retention cyst of the left maxillary sinus, and other unspecified disorders have been granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's hearing loss disability, tinnitus, hypertension, renal disease, and psychiatric disorder are not related to service. The preponderance of evidence shows these conditions were first manifested many years after service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if service connection should be granted for hypertension, gout, right knee disorder, low back disorder, and psychiatric disorder (PTSD).