Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2013

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a new examination to determine if the Veteran's PTSD is related to fear of hostile military activity or behavior changes in response to personal assaults during service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression and schizophrenia, is being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records and a VA examination.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for Dependents' Educational Assistance under Chapter 35, finding that her eligibility to use Chapter 35 education benefits began on August 3, 1994, and ended on August 3, 2004. The Board also found that she did not qualify for an extension of the delimiting date beyond this period.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include as secondary to HIV, was denied. The claims for higher ratings for HIV and related conditions were also denied.

The Veteran's claim for an acquired psychiatric disability, including as secondary to service-connected tinea pedis, is denied because there is no evidence of a current disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is not related to his service and therefore, he does not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's fear of threatened death or serious injury during basic training in the Marine Corps is consistent with his military experiences and sufficient to produce PTSD.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development to obtain medical records and determine the nature and etiology of his psychiatric and cervical spine disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to increased ratings for allergic rhinitis and gastritis, finding that there was no evidence of greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction on one side for allergic rhinitis. The rating assigned for gastritis did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.

The Veteran's appeals for increased rating for diabetes mellitus with nephropathy, service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (to include posttraumatic stress disorder) were denied. The decision does not specify the basis of denial for each issue.

The Veteran does not have a current disability of bilateral hearing loss and the Board finds that service connection for this condition is not warranted. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD is not related to service or causally related or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the right ankle, and thus denied the claim.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities (chondromalacia patella of the knees and schizophrenia with PTSD) are found to be of such severity as to effectively preclude all forms of substantially gainful employment since her claim for TDIU was received.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and any acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the preponderance of evidence is against the claim.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn prior to the Board making a decision.

The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding VA treatment records and SSA records, as well as the need for a psychiatric examination.

The Veteran has been granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, based on credible evidence of a stressor related to fear of hostile military activity.,An initial compensable disability rating (10%) is granted for GERD prior to March 26, 2012. A higher rating in excess of 10% is not warranted as of that date.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression. The Veteran provided new evidence of in-service stressors that supports his claims. Service connection is granted for this condition. There is no current disability with respect to a leg injury or disease.

The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between the current disabilities and active duty service.