Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2012

The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to service connection for various disabilities, including psychiatric conditions, knee and shoulder injuries, and a stomach disability. The Veteran's claims are pending further development.

The Board finds that the Veteran has an acquired psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder and PTSD, which is related to service. The claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and a thyroid disability have been denied as these conditions are not presumed to be related to his military service. The Veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension has been granted.,Service connection was established for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability (to include posttraumatic stress disorder) due to its presumptive relationship with his military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied in December 2001. The Board has now granted the claim on the basis of new and material evidence, but the other issues remain denied.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for coronary artery disease, status post myocardial infarction, was granted with an effective date of October 14, 2011. The appeal is resolved in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is being remanded due to outstanding medical records related to his motorcycle accident and ongoing treatment.

The Board has denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to his failure, without good cause, to report for a VA examination scheduled in March 2012.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and service mental health records. A VA examination will be scheduled to determine if any current psychiatric disabilities are related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II. The Veteran's claims for an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD and depression), bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus are remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination and review of relevant medical records.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder is related to his service, specifically whether it is at least as likely as not that any currently demonstrated psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, is related to his first and second periods of active duty.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development to determine if his membranous glomerulonephritis and acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, are related to service exposure. The case will be returned to the Board after additional development.

The Board has remanded the case for further evidentiary development, including obtaining the Veteran's available records from the Social Security Administration. The Veteran requested a video conference hearing before the Board.

The Board found that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorders did not manifest during or as a result of his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a back disability were denied as new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claims.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further action, including scheduling a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's schizophrenia did not have its onset in service or manifest within one year of service, and there is no credible evidence relating it to service. For his bilateral hearing loss, the Board found no evidence of its onset during service or within one year post-service, and concluded that it is not attributable to service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to a scheduling issue for a hearing before the Board at the appropriate Regional Office.

The Board finds that service connection for a vision disorder is not warranted as there is no current disability. For a psychiatric disorder, the Veteran's symptoms are better described by chronic adjustment disorder with mixed emotions and anxiety rather than PTSD. The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the chronic adjustment disorder is related to service.

The Board found that the Veteran's coloboma of the left eye was a congenital defect and not aggravated by service, thus denying service connection for this condition. The psychiatric claim is pending.