Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2012

The Veteran's tinnitus, depressive disorder with anxiety, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD and/or an anxiety disorder) are all found to be related to service. The Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine is currently rated at 20 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for a back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as depression). The other issues on appeal are not addressed due to the resolution of these claims.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for further examination. The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a mental disorder is pending.

The Board found that there is no evidence of a diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, during the appeal period and thus denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board found that the appellant does not have a current psychiatric disability related to her active military service and denied her claims for service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need to clarify his periods of active duty. The Board will address these issues in a subsequent decision.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, hiatal hernia, and actinic and seborrheic keratoses are all found to be related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been denied as he does not meet the DSM-IV criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD.,For his right knee disability, the evidence does not support a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating for his left clavicular fracture was denied. The claim of service connection for PTSD was also denied due to the lack of verified stressor event.

The Board has determined that the Veteran experienced seizures in service and has post-service continuity of symptomatology, meeting the criteria for service connection.

The Board has determined that there is no clinical evidence of a current psychiatric disorder and the appellant's claims for service connection are denied.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim for service connection for bilateral pes planus. The claims for service connection of plantar fasciitis, psychiatric disability (depressed mood and major depression), sleep disorder, and cardiac disability were all denied.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD) or a stomach disability. The claim for PTSD was previously denied in March 2006, but no new and material evidence has been submitted since then.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, has been reopened and granted.,Service connection for the scar on the left shoulder was also granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and tinnitus were not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may a psychosis be presumed to have been incurred therein.

The Board has granted service connection for an anxiety disorder, which represents a complete grant of the benefit sought on appeal. The claim for new and material evidence for folliculitis is reopened.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has ordered the case back for additional development due to the Veteran's incarceration and other procedural issues. The claim will be reconsidered after all requested records are obtained.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is denied as there is no credible supporting evidence of the claimed in-service stressors and no competent medical evidence linking any diagnosed conditions to his period of active service from September 1975 to September 1978.

The Board found that the Veteran's schizophrenia was not manifested in service or within one year of separation, and there is no evidence linking his current condition to his military service. The claim for service connection is denied.