Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2012

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to insufficient development of evidence, particularly regarding his service connection and rating for left knee disabilities. The appeal is not about service connection at all.

The Board has granted the Veteran's applications to reopen his claims for service connection for head injury and a psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD). The claim for TDIU remains denied.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, residual type was granted effective December 22, 2006. The previous final denial occurred in August 2006.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and therefore service connection for such is denied.

The Board found no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, during service and denied the Veteran's claim for this condition. The skin disorder issue remains pending.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim due to outstanding private treatment records from The Lee Carlson Center for Mental Health and Well-Being. The case will be readjudicated after these records are obtained.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, but it is unclear whether this will result in a grant of service connection as the Veteran's condition may be related to various factors including her military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including foot pain, low back pain, shoulder pain, and neuropsychiatric symptoms, were denied as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions are related to his military service or an undiagnosed illness.

The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD and thus service connection for this condition is denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a right shoulder disability, and an initial evaluation in excess of 40 percent for his lumbar spine disability. The issues were characterized as entitlement to service connection based on direct evidence.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, was denied. The Board found no evidence of an in-service event or disease related to the current diagnosis and insufficient competent medical evidence to establish a link between his current condition and service.

The Board has remanded the case to verify the Veteran's in-service stressor and schedule him for a VA examination to determine if he meets the criteria for service connection of PTSD or any other acquired psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's thyroid disease was initially diagnosed within one year of his discharge from active service and is considered to be related to service. The psychiatric disorder, claimed as secondary to a service-connected low back disability, has not been conclusively linked to the service-connected condition.

The Board has determined that the service member was unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities, which rendered him unemployable. As such, he is granted accrued benefits for TDIU.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining records from SSA and VA facilities, determining potential herbicide exposure outside Vietnam, scheduling VA examinations for right hand and knee disabilities, and a psychiatric examination. The Veteran's claims for service connection are pending.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a skin disorder, PTSD, and/or a psychosis has been denied. The Board notes that the Veteran engaged in combat with the enemy but does not have a diagnosis of PTSD or a psychosis.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a low back disability and psychiatric disorder. The new evidence received since the February 1979 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and TDIU has been dismissed as the RO granted these benefits in a September 2011 rating decision.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizophrenia with paranoid type, is found to have been incurred in service and granted service connection.