Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's PTSD is found to be causally related to her military service, and she is granted service connection for this condition. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD remains pending.

The appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a video conference hearing.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and hypertension are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and consideration of new evidence.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appealed claim and because the effective date for the grant of service connection for headaches is final.

The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disability, and thus service connection cannot be granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was denied as there is no evidence of a verified in-service stressor and the acquired psychiatric disorders are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for schizoid personality and/or schizophrenic reaction-paranoid, finding that new evidence was not material. The March 1997 rating decision is final.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary and the case is being remanded to the AOJ for scheduling a videoconference hearing.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back, psychiatric, right hip, and right knee disabilities due to lack of evidence supporting these claims.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia is being remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding whether her preexisting condition was aggravated by military service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including right knee disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, right hand disability, sleep disorder, drug and alcohol abuse, and groin pain. The decision also addressed a claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for erectile dysfunction resulting from treatment at VA facilities in December 2005.

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is currently rated at 20 percent, which reflects the limitation of motion and associated symptoms. His bilateral hearing loss is also rated at 20 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for a neck disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The upper respiratory disability issue is remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia and posttraumatic stress disorder, finding no credible evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO. The Veteran's claims of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine are pending.

The Veteran's hospitalizations and surgeries were not related to his service-connected bilateral pes planus, thus he is not entitled to a temporary total evaluation based on surgical or other treatment necessitating hospitalization.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's Headache Disorder is related to service, but his Residuals of a Head Injury and Acquired Psychiatric Disability (to include PTSD or Bipolar Disorder) are not related to service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate medical opinions and failure to address specific issues in the claims. The Veteran's appeal is now pending again with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Board finds that the Veteran's personality disorder is a congenital disease and does not meet the criteria for service connection as it was not aggravated by service or subject to superimposed disease or injury in service. The preponderance of evidence is against finding any other psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is otherwise etiologically related to a disease, injury, or event in service.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to address the Veteran's claims for service connection, including determining whether a specific in-service stressor exists and corroborating it.