Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and further development is needed, including searching naval records for specific incidents and affording the Veteran a VA psychiatric examination.

The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal regarding the claim for entitlement to service connection for a respiratory disorder. The remaining claims have been adjudicated and are addressed in the REMAND portion of this decision.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder are being remanded due to the need for additional development of his medical records.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and SSA records. The Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral knee disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder are currently under review.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and a new examination.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain medical records, schedule a VA examination, and address the issues of service connection for hearing loss and PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to new evidence added to the claims file, including service personnel records and a death certificate.

The Board found that the Veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, did not meet the criteria for service connection due to lack of credible evidence supporting a diagnosis and no in-service stressor verified.

The Board found no current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disability and denied service connection for depression. The claim for increased rating for traumatic arthritis of the left shoulder was granted with a 20% evaluation effective from September 5, 2009.

The Board found that the Veteran's claimed psychiatric disability, including PTSD, did not have its clinical onset in service or is otherwise related to active duty. The cardiovascular disease to include hypertension was also denied as having had its clinical onset in service or being related to active duty.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and providing an addendum opinion regarding whether his cognitive disorder was aggravated by any of his diagnosed psychiatric disabilities at or after the 2009 closed head trauma with resulting subdural hematoma.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and other acquired mental disorders was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability related to his military service.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing. The claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination.

The claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury was denied in April 1983 due to lack of evidence. The claim for schizophrenia, paranoid type, was previously denied. No new and material evidence has been received since the previous denials.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent rating for service-connected schizophrenia is dismissed because he did not file a clear and unmistakable error claim with regard to the final August 1999 Board decision.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied. The Board found that her psychiatric disability warranted a 50% rating from July 1, 2002 to December 15, 2004 and since December 16, 2004, the criteria for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent have not been met. Her menorrhagia with anemia was rated as noncompensable from September 24, 2004 to March 24, 2008 and since March 25, 2008, the criteria for an initial compensable evaluation have not been met.

The Veteran's joint pains of the right hip, diagnosed as right hip greater trochanteric bursitis, is related to her period of military service and has been granted service connection.

The Board found that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder is not related to his military service, specifically his in-service diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder. The Board also noted that there is no evidence of a headache condition during or after service.

The Board has granted service connection for a cervical spine disorder and psychiatric disorder as secondary to disorders of the low back and cervical spine. The Veteran's claims were previously denied, but new evidence was submitted that supports these conditions.