Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2010

The Veteran's claims for service connection of left shoulder, spinal, and psychiatric disabilities are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically PTSD, was denied by the RO. The Veteran has been diagnosed with adjustment disorder with anxiety features but not PTSD.

The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses incurred at the Dialysis Clinic, Incorporated in March, April and May of 2008 were not covered by VA because prior authorization was not obtained. The services provided were not rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that delay would have been hazardous to life or health.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded as there is insufficient evidence to determine the validity of his stressor allegations and a VA examination is needed to assess the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric or back disorders.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and verification of stressors.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims, including obtaining her service treatment records and verifying her military duty status. The VA will also schedule examinations to determine if she currently has any back or spine disability, gastrointestinal disorder, or psychiatric disorder, as well as whether these conditions are related to her service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims of service connection for headaches, but denied his claims for right shoulder disorder, dizziness, numbness of hands, cervical spine disorder, lumbar spine disorder, and psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and prostate cancer were denied as there was no verified in-service stressor, the Veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy, and his current psychiatric disorders are not related to his military service. Prostate cancer is also not linked to his service.

The Board has denied the reopening of a claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as a nervous condition. The evidence submitted is new but does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC).

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as a chronic mood disorder, is related to his service-connected valvular heart disease. The Board has granted service connection for the acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded the TDIU claim.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability. The RO previously denied these claims in May 1994, finding that any right knee disability was not incurred or aggravated by service. New evidence received since then does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims.

The Board has denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The evidence presented now shows that the Veteran had a pre-existing schizoaffective disorder which was aggravated by his active military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and development of records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and her claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability are being remanded for further development of relevant service records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical spondylosis, a low back disability, and an acquired psychiatric disability. The decision found that new evidence was not sufficient to reopen the claim for cervical spondylosis, and that there was no evidence of a nexus between current disabilities and active duty service.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic psychiatric disability other than PTSD, but denied his claim for service connection for PTSD. The decision is mixed as some issues were granted and others not.