Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder, has been reopened. The Board also remanded the issues of bilateral hearing loss and chronic tinnitus for additional development.

The Veteran's claims for PTSD, drug dependency, gastrointestinal disability, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disability (excluding PTSD) have been denied. The Veteran's drug dependency is not service-connected as it was the result of willful misconduct.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that the Veteran did not provide credible evidence of a personal assault in service and thus could not establish a stressor. The diagnosis of current psychiatric disorders was post-service.

The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of PTSD based on service, and his psychiatric disability is not otherwise related to service. Therefore, service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is denied.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is found to be related to his service, and the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional private treatment records and providing an opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric disability.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as there was no evidence of a current disability, and the Board found that none of his claimed conditions are related to active service.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA and Department of Corrections treatment records, scheduling a VA examination, and determining whether it is at least as likely as not that any psychiatric disability found to be present is related to or had its onset in service.

The Board has remanded the case to obtain additional psychiatric treatment records, particularly those related to suicide attempts in the 1970s and 1980s. The Veteran is asked to provide information identifying these records and necessary releases for VA to secure them.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied as she failed to report for scheduled VA examinations, which were required to properly adjudicate her claims.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD and concluded that the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder is not related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for a Travel Board hearing due to the absence of the original hearing officer.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD, was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not establish a current diagnosis of PTSD or any other acquired psychiatric disorder related to active military service.,Service connection was granted for post-fracture status, left supraorbital ridge with headaches, and assigned a 40% rating effective from March 6, 2008. A separate 30% rating was granted for the Veteran's headache disability related to this condition, and a 10% rating was granted for loss of the left supraorbital sensory nerve secondary to the post-fracture status.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete records and further review of the Veteran's claims.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sickle cell disease has been reopened and is granted. He is also awarded secondary service connection for multiple conditions as secondary to his sickle cell disease, including right shoulder/arm disorder, hemorrhoids (blood in stool), fungal dermatitis, psychiatric disorder (depression), hypertension, diabetes mellitus, low back disorder, heart condition, eye disorders (glaucoma and blindness in the left eye), muscle and joint pain, erectile dysfunction, and alopecia. His rating for vertigo remains at 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, is not related to his military service and specifically does not stem from a sexual assault during basic training.

The Veteran's appeals have been dismissed due to the appellant, through his authorized representative, requesting withdrawal of the appeals in July 2013.

Service connection for rheumatic fever and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance dependence, and bipolar disorder) was denied. Service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae was granted with a 10 percent disability rating.,The Veteran's heart murmur is presumed to have existed before service.

The Board has determined that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD and insufficient evidence to establish service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been granted. The Board finds that the Veteran has a current diagnosis of PTSD and credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor, thus meeting the criteria for service connection.