Acquired psychiatric disorder decisions — 2016

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development and medical inquiry, including obtaining SSA records, prison records, and VA examinations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and further development.

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia. The Board has determined that additional development is needed to verify the in-service sexual assault and harassment incidents and to obtain relevant treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied, but he is granted service connection for chronic paranoid schizophrenia.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to address the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The case will be reviewed again after all requested actions are completed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder and substance abuse disability are related to service, granting service connection for both conditions.

The Veteran's daughter submitted a claim for accrued benefits within one year of his death, and the Board granted these benefits despite it being filed after the one-year deadline.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of IBS and service connection for cholecystectomy, peptic ulcer disease, esophageal spasm, muscle tension headaches, and memory loss have been granted. The effective date is set at the date of receipt of the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and reviewing deck logs to verify the Veteran's claimed stressors. The Veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a bilateral foot condition, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and depression), hemorrhoids, stomach ulcer, acid reflux, and sinusitis. The decision found that these conditions were not related to service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence has been received. The case is now remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and for increased ratings for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The decision also noted that his claim for service connection was reopened on new evidence.

The Board found no verified in-service stressor for PTSD, and thus denied the claim. The Veteran's acquired mental disorders are not service connected as they do not meet the nexus requirement.

The Board has found that the Veteran's claims for service connection are not supported by evidence and therefore have been denied.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and right axilla phlebitis are denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities during the period of the claim.

The Board found no evidence of a service-connected stressor related to military sexual trauma and thus denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board found no evidence of a diagnosed PTSD or other psychiatric disorder related to service. The Veteran's current diagnoses are not linked to his military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including sarcoidosis and neuritis. The denial was based on a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board found clear and unmistakable error in the June 1979 rating decision that denied service connection for schizo-affective schizophrenia and a nervous condition. The Veteran's claim was reopened due to new evidence submitted after the August 2000 denial of PTSD, leading to an effective date earlier than September 25, 2006.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss claim is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability for VA purposes.,Service connection granted for bilateral foot and knee disabilities, with the latter being secondary to the former.