Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding a reported stressor and requests for records from the Judge Advocate General.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's schizophrenia is related to service and granted his claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to consider whether service connection should be granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and clarifying whether service connection is warranted for the appellant's first period of service only.

Your claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a digestive disorder, including ulcers and hernias have been resolved to your satisfaction with the grant of service connection in January 2014. The appeal is dismissed.

The Board has again remanded the Veteran's claim for further development due to incomplete records from July 2002 through July 2010 and December 2013 to the present.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for his award of TDIU was denied.,The Veteran withdrew the issue regarding whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen his claim for service connection under 38 U.S.C.A. ¶ 1151 for a cardiovascular disability.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development, including verification of stressors related to his service on Midway Island and additional medical examination or opinion if appropriate. The claims will be adjudicated again in light of all pertinent evidence.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for updated examination and treatment records.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and clarifying service connection issues.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disorder. The claim will be readjudicated after the additional development is completed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, or an acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD).

The Veteran is found incompetent to handle his VA benefits due to mental incapacity, including schizophrenia and poor medication compliance.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and a Travel Board hearing.

The Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities are being remanded due to issues not related to service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 100% disability rating for his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that it was not factually ascertainable that an increase in disability occurred within one year prior to the date of receipt of his increased rating claim.

The Veteran's hypertension was not diagnosed during service or within one year of discharge, and there is no competent evidence relating it to service. The Board denied the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's back disability and acquired psychiatric disorder are at least as likely as not related to service, granting service connection for both conditions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the etiology of his acquired psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining outstanding records and providing an adequate VA examination.