Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2015

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD. The Board has remanded the case due to missing service records and the need for independent verification of a claimed in-service incident.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including an updated examination report and obtaining all relevant medical records. The claim will be reconsidered after the completion of these actions.

The Veteran's parasomnia was found to have its onset in service and is granted service connection. The issues of increased rating for cervical spine disability, PTSD, and TDIU are remanded.

The Board has decided the case requires additional development due to the need to verify the Veteran's reported in-service stressors and determine if any current acquired psychiatric disability is related to active duty.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including whether it is related to service.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety, and for bilateral hearing loss. The Board does not have further jurisdiction over these issues.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is granted. The effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia is set at July 26, 2005.

The Board has found that the Veteran's claimed conditions do not meet the criteria for service connection as they are unable to establish an in-service event, injury, or disease. The evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptomatology.

The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, the maximum schedular rating. The claim for service connection for schizophrenia was reopened and granted as secondary to PTSD.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Schizophrenia, and a psychiatric disability other than PTSD or Schizophrenia. The claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability other than PTSD or Schizophrenia is granted as new and material evidence has been received. The claims for service connection for PTSD and Schizophrenia remain denied.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, which the Board has recharacterized as entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability. The VA examiner's opinion is inadequate and a new VA examination is required.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to missing service treatment records. The Veteran's claim will be reconsidered after these records are obtained.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was denied. The claims for increased ratings for DJD of the wrists and thumbs were also denied.

The Board has vacated the portion of its April 2012 decision that denied service connection for various disabilities, including a heart disorder, exposure to tuberculosis, right and left groin injuries, and foot disorders. The Veteran's request to withdraw issues related to these conditions is granted. The remaining claims are being remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to issues with the duty to assist and notification of alternative forms of evidence.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including an addendum opinion from a VA examiner regarding the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disorder and whether it is related to service.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claims and concluding that there is no causal relationship between current conditions and active duty service.

The Veteran requested that the appeal be withdrawn regarding his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board has granted service connection for a C-section scar and lumbar spine disability. The claim for acquired psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD and depression, is substantiated but the issue of bilateral lower extremity disability (peripheral neuropathy) remains pending.

The Veteran has been diagnosed with depression, adjustment disorder, and insomnia related to his military service. His sleep disorder is also related to his military service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.