Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2012

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verification of stressors and a VA examination to determine if the Veteran currently has an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, that is related to service.

The Board found that the Veteran is entitled to a disability rating of 70 percent for his acquired psychiatric disorder, effective July 22, 1968. The claim for an earlier effective date was denied.

The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of a bilateral knee disorder and the Veteran does not have a current psychiatric disability. The claim for service connection for a low back disorder will be denied as well.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to insufficient evidence for service connection of PTSD and the issues are inextricably intertwined with TDIU.

The Board has remanded the case to obtain a VA examination for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The Veteran's service connection claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD is service-connected as it was incurred during his active duty, and all reasonable doubt has been resolved in favor of the claimant.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including examinations and the obtaining of medical records. The issues on appeal are an increased rating for schizophrenia and TDIU due to schizophrenia.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder with headaches, finding that his disorder did not have onset during his period of active federal service or ACDUTRA.

The Veteran's psychiatric condition, schizophrenia, is related to his military service and granted service connection. The issue of entitlement to a TDIU remains pending.

The Board finds that the appellant's paranoid schizophrenia manifests itself within the one year presumptive period after his military service, and thus grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board finds that the Veteran's schizophrenia, which is currently diagnosed, had its onset during his active duty for training in the National Guard. As a result, service connection for schizophrenia is granted.

The Board denied service connection for a skin disability on the back, peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities, and an acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD), finding no current evidence of these conditions or their onset in service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional VA outpatient and inpatient treatment records, as well as a supplemental opinion from the VA examiner regarding the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disability.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder not including PTSD, as new and material evidence has been received. The issue of whether this condition is related to service remains under consideration.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right knee disorder, and a left knee disorder. The Veteran's claim to reopen the previously denied psychiatric disorder was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence. Service connection for bilateral pes planus is not granted as there is no credible evidence linking the condition to service or any other service-connected disability.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic nasal disorder in service or subsequent to service, and concluded that the Veteran's current allergic rhinitis is not related to his service. For psychiatric claims, there was insufficient evidence to establish an in-service stressor or link to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for mengingioma and a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and a cognitive disorder, were denied as new and material evidence was not presented to reopen the claim for mengingioma. The Veteran's psychiatric disorder is not considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by his military service.

The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board found that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for a low back disorder or an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The VA examiner concluded that there is insufficient evidence to support a diagnosis of PTSD and thus denied both claims.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was denied as there is no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD prior to his death and the Board found that any diagnosed psychiatric disability did not have a relationship with his military service.