Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and corroborating the claimed in-service stressors.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The case is therefore REMANDED for these purposes.

The Veteran's tinnitus and any acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, are found to be related to service. The Board has granted the claims for these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and a lung disorder (chronic bronchitis) was denied. The Board found that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD based on military or non-military stressors rendered pursuant to the DSM-IV. There is also insufficient evidence to establish a link between any diagnosed respiratory condition and service.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to unverified stressors and need for further medical examination. The claims will be reconsidered based on new evidence.

The Board finds that the Veteran's exposure to combat stressors during his service in Vietnam, combined with credible supporting evidence of such stressors and a link between current symptomatology and these events, establishes service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD).

The Veteran seeks service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically posttraumatic stress disorder. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and readjudicate the claim.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The case is therefore REMANDED for these purposes.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting examinations to address the nature and etiology of her claimed conditions.

The Board finds that the Veteran does not meet the service connection criteria for PTSD and therefore his claim is denied.,While the Veteran has been diagnosed with an acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, there is no persuasive and credible evidence to support a finding of in-service stressors or a nexus between current symptoms and such stressors.

The Board is remanding the case for additional development, including providing proper notice and readjudicating the claims to reopen service connection for lung or respiratory disorder and psychiatric disorder.

The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claims for bilateral pes planus, acquired psychiatric disability (other than PTSD), a bilateral foot disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder. The claim of service connection for PTSD was remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, bilateral ankle disabilities, and an acquired psychiatric disorder have been denied. The Board found no credible evidence linking these conditions to his active service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's cervical spine disability, diagnosed as degenerative joint disease with right forminal stenosis at C6-C7, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and to schedule a videoconference hearing. The Veteran's claims include service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, pain, and a back disability.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, claimed as a psychiatric disorder, was reopened but not granted. The claim for status-post tonsillectomy remains denied.

The Board found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disability, including PTSD due to military sexual trauma, was not incurred in or aggravated by service and denied her claim.

The Board found that the Veteran's ankle/feet, back, neck, left shoulder, stomach/gastrointestinal, and psychiatric disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by active service. The kidney disorder was determined to be pre-existing and not aggravated during service.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for consideration of the claim on the merits due to a failure to report to a VA examination.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia. The Board finds that the Veteran's symptoms began during his military service or within one year after separation, and therefore grants service connection for schizophrenia.