Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2015

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, as well as an examination to determine the nature and etiology of his psychiatric disorders and tonsil cancer.

The Veteran's original April 30, 1974 claim for service connection for schizophrenia has been granted. Therefore, the current issue of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claim is dismissed as moot.

The Board's July 21, 1977 decision denying service connection for schizophrenia is reversed due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE). Service connection for schizophrenia is granted as if awarded on the date of that decision.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to an incomplete examination and other issues.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is not service-connected. The Board also found insufficient evidence to establish a secondary relationship between her back disorder and her right ankle disability.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD, was rated at 50 percent prior to July 7, 2015. Since then, the rating has been increased to 70 percent effective July 7, 2015.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA psychiatric examination to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The examination must provide opinions on whether the Veteran meets the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD, if any non-PTSD psychiatric disorder is related to service, and if any non-PTSD psychiatric disorder was caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to schedule a personal hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO.

The Board finds that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed as PTSD, is related to his conceded in-service stressor of military sexual assault and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing. The issues on appeal include TDIU, SMC, bilateral hearing loss, pes planus disability rating, hypertension, sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied reopening the claim for PTSD and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and for a VA examination. The issues of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and bilateral hearing loss are currently before the Board.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD. The underlying claim of whether service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is warranted will be addressed in the remand portion of this decision.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his back disability and acquired psychiatric disorder. The issue of service connection for hypertension will be deferred until these issues are resolved.

The Veteran's appeal includes claims for various disabilities, including service connection and increased ratings. The case is being remanded to the RO due to issues with the certification of certain claims and the need for additional development.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder and panic disorder, as well as whether they are related to service-connected GERD.

The Board has granted a 100% rating for the Veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia, also claimed as PTSD, effective from August 16, 1999 to May 21, 2015.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The Board found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of hepatitis B carrier, and PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include bipolar affective disorder, should be remanded due to inadequate development of records from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and a need for another VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and ensuring all claims are properly addressed.