Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a Social and Industrial Survey to determine his employability given his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his VA treatment records and Vocational Rehabilitation counseling folder. The issue of entitlement to a TDIU will be reconsidered after these records are added to the claims file.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the asthma disability rating from 60% to 30% was proper. The claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is reopened.

The Board has ordered a remand for the VA to obtain and consider additional medical records, including those from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, Orlando VA Medical Center, and Nanticoke General Hospital. The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which includes PTSD, will be reconsidered based on this new evidence.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development including a VA examination and consideration of the amended regulations regarding service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for residuals of herbicide exposure, PTSD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD have been granted. His claim for migraine headaches has not been reopened. The Board finds that the Veteran's chronic bronchitis is not service-connected.

The case is being remanded for obtaining additional VA treatment records and for providing a new opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus and his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and arranging a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection of a left shoulder disorder due to his withdrawal request. The claim for umbilical hernia is denied as there is no probative evidence showing it was incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current heart disorders are not related to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection. The claims for back disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder (likely PTSD) have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Board found that the Veteran's reported history of pre-existing psychiatric conditions does not constitute clear and unmistakable evidence to rebut the presumption of soundness at entry into service. The competent and credible evidence fails to support a finding that the Veteran currently has PTSD or any other acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, etiologically related to his period of active military service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran. The claims for increased ratings for left shoulder and right knee disabilities are remanded.

The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of this claim.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic low back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression) as the evidence did not establish that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that another remand is necessary to obtain an opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and to address his TDIU claim, which is dependent on his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's appendectomy scar is rated at 10 percent, and the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD) has been granted.

The Board found that the Veteran did not have a credible, verified or verifiable noncombat-related in-service stressor and thus could not establish service connection for PTSD.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, has been denied as there is no evidence of a diagnosed psychiatric condition that meets the DSM-IV criteria.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and a need for an opinion on aggravation of psychiatric disorders by service-connected disabilities.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have PTSD related to his military service and did not establish a current acquired psychiatric disability. The sleep disorder claim was also denied as there is no evidence of its onset in service or within one year after discharge.