Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's diabetes, renal failure, diabetic retinopathy, and related complications are service connected. His bipolar disorder is also service connected as secondary to his diabetes. Service connection for prostate cancer cannot be established due to lack of evidence of herbicide exposure.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed due to the death of the Veteran, and the appeal is being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected schizophrenia.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diabetes mellitus warrants a 20 percent evaluation, as he is not restricted in his activities due to this condition. Other claims for service connection and evaluations have been denied.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional development, including a new VA examination and adjudication of service connection and increased rating claims. The TDIU rating issue will be deferred until those claims are resolved.

The Veteran's PTSD claim was denied, and his anxiety and depressive disorder NOS were granted. His diabetes mellitus rating remains at 20%.

The Veteran's schizophrenia was not shown to have onset during service or within one year of separation, and there is no evidence that it was aggravated by service. The claim for service connection for schizophrenia is denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability and a psychiatric disorder, to include bipolar disorder, are being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records. The issues of service connection will be reconsidered after these records have been obtained.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for a psychiatric disability is denied. The Board has also remanded the issues of rating excess of 10 percent for residuals of right and left wrist fractures due to outstanding VA treatment records.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II is granted service connection on a presumptive basis due to his Vietnam-era exposure. Service connection for hypertension and a psychiatric disorder (PTSD) are also granted as these conditions are related to the Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Veteran's disability rating for his psychiatric condition was reduced from 100% to 70%, but the Board found this reduction improper and restored the 100% rating effective January 1, 1982.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, had its onset during service and is related to his military service.

The Board found that the Veteran did not engage in combat and his claimed stressor has not been independently verified. The preponderance of evidence is against finding a current disability related to service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and non-VA treatment records, as well as verifying the Veteran's reported stressors from basic training. The appeal is now pending again with the AOJ.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals. The claims for hepatitis C, posttraumatic stress disorder, and prostate cancer are all related.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is related to his active duty service and has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability. The issue of secondary service connection for a back disability is addressed, but as no clear medical opinion was provided regarding whether the Veteran's back disability is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected pes planus, the decision remains mixed.

The Veteran's cervical spine disability and acquired psychiatric disability are being remanded for additional examinations to determine if they are caused or aggravated by his service-connected left shoulder disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for any of the conditions listed in his claims, and thus the appeal is denied.