Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2013

The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD and remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD, and has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim. The Board has also found that schizophrenia, a form of schizophrenia known as paranoid type, was incurred in service.

The Veteran does not have a current psychiatric disability that is attributable to his active military service.

The Board found that the Veteran's schizophrenia did not manifest within one year of service discharge and there is no evidence linking his current condition to service. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to new evidence and issues related to service connection.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for accrued benefits and service connection for the cause of her husband's death. The Veteran was not service connected for any disability at the time of his death, and there were no unpaid periodic VA benefits due to him.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is not related to his active military service and therefore denied the claim.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type with depression and polysubstance abuse (previously PTSD) was granted effective April 2, 2004. The rating assigned is 100 percent.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, was denied as there is no evidence of a diagnosed PTSD related to an in-service stressor. The pre-existing personality disorder and other acquired psychiatric disorders were not aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to missing claims file and service personnel records. The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including PTSD and depression, as well as his claim for pseudofolliculitis barbae are still under consideration.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a Social and Industrial Survey to determine his employability given his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his VA treatment records and Vocational Rehabilitation counseling folder. The issue of entitlement to a TDIU will be reconsidered after these records are added to the claims file.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the asthma disability rating from 60% to 30% was proper. The claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is reopened.

The Board has ordered a remand for the VA to obtain and consider additional medical records, including those from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, Orlando VA Medical Center, and Nanticoke General Hospital. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which includes PTSD, will be reconsidered based on this new evidence.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development including a VA examination and consideration of the amended regulations regarding service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for residuals of herbicide exposure, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD have been granted. His claim for migraine headaches has not been reopened. The Board finds that the Veteran's chronic bronchitis is not service-connected.

The case is being remanded for obtaining additional VA treatment records and for providing a new opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus and his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and arranging a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection of a left shoulder disorder due to his withdrawal request. The claim for umbilical hernia is denied as there is no probative evidence showing it was incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current heart disorders are not related to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection. The claims for back disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD) have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.