Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2010

The Board has dismissed the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The claims for accrued benefits and DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 have been denied as there is no evidence showing that the Veteran was rated as totally disabled prior to his death.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for further development, specifically reconciling his current psychiatric diagnosis with previous diagnoses and determining if service connection can be established.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is causally or etiologically related to service. The Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's preexisting psychiatric disorder was aggravated by military service, and therefore grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus. The Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis or service connection for the claimed conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, osteoporosis, arthritis, esophagitis, GERD, hiatal hernia, and COPD and bronchial asthma with obstruction. The Veteran's STRs did not show any complaints or diagnoses related to these conditions during his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied across multiple conditions, including psychiatric disorder, recurrent upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hypertension, post-concussion syndrome, bronchitis, transitional lumbar vertebra, neck strain, and seizure disorder. The appeals are based on direct service connection rather than presumptive or secondary theories.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, diabetes mellitus, and low back disability were denied. The appeal is not about service connection at all due to the 'unknown' status of the appeal.

The Board has granted service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, finding that it is etiologically related to the Veteran's active naval service.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of bipolar II disorder is related to his military service. Service connection was denied for peptic ulcer disease due to lack of a current disability.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining SSA records and VA medical records from Mountain Home VAMC.

The Veteran's CFS, respiratory disability, heart disability, intestinal disability, bilateral shoulder disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (including depression and anxiety), headaches, arthritis of all joints, and fibromyalgia were not related to service.,Service connection for hypertension was granted but the rating assigned is noncompensable (zero percent).,The Veteran's lumbar spine strain with degenerative disc disease currently manifests as pain and minimal limitation of motion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and a heart disorder, to include HTN. The decision also addressed his claim for TDIU but did not specify whether it was granted or denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a sleep disorder, psychiatric condition, COPD, pleurisy of the right lung, and motor depression are all denied as they are not shown to be related to his military service or service-connected residuals of spontaneous pneumothorax.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, vision disability, left knee and right knee disabilities, left foot condition, right foot condition, tinnitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, and a psychiatric disorder claimed initially as catatonic schizophrenia. The decision also noted that the Veteran withdrew his claim for service connection for a vision disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety and depression has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include paranoid schizophrenia. A VA examination is needed to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric disability had its onset during his second period of active service.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 20% rating for diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction. The effective date of the special monthly compensation (SMC) award for loss of use of a creative organ is set at June 16, 2008.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, has been previously denied. The Board is remanding the case for further development and readjudication.