Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the claims for further development to determine if the Veteran currently has left shoulder and right knee disorders, as well as an acquired psychiatric disorder. The examination results will be used to assess whether these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including psychological anguish secondary to service-connected residuals of a scalp laceration and stress as secondary to acne vulgaris, is granted. Service connection was also established for intermittent headaches and pancreatitis.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for a VA examination to determine the etiology of his bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, residuals of mononucleosis, and psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of in-service onset or continuity of symptomatology, and thus denied this claim. Service connection for lumbosacral spine disability, including degenerative disc disease and spondylosis, was also denied as there was no credible evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety with insomnia, major depression with psychotic features, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia, undifferentiated type, is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are presumed to have existed prior to service, and were not aggravated by service. The claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a VA licensed clinical psychologist regarding whether the Veteran's current psychiatric disability is related to his military service.

The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of PTSD and T12 compression fracture, service connection for migraine headaches, COPD, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were denied. The claim to reopen a COPD claim is referred to the RO.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's currently diagnosed schizophrenia was incurred in her period of active duty training (ACDUTRA) and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and a need for an addendum medical opinion.

The Veteran's claims for prostate cancer and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, are being remanded due to the need for additional development of records from a Vet Center.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a link between any diagnosed conditions and military service.

The Veteran's current organic personality syndrome with dementia is of service origin, and the Board has determined that it was incurred in service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, was denied as there is no credible supporting evidence of the claimed in-service stressors and his diagnosed personality disorders are not compensable disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete documentation and a need for further examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left knee and an acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as PTSD). The Board found that there was no evidence of a chronic condition during service or within the applicable presumptive period, and that the medical opinion provided by the VA examiner did not support a relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and his military service.

The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of a total schedular rating for service-connected schizophrenia is dismissed as the decision was final and no legal basis exists to overturn it.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA audiological and psychological examination to determine the nature and etiology of any hearing loss and psychiatric disorders.

The Veteran's schizophrenia was initially rated at 10 percent prior to September 7, 2001. From September 7, 2001, to June 2, 2004, the rating was increased to 30 percent. Effective June 3, 2004, the Veteran's schizophrenia is rated at 50 percent.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The decision is based on evidence that supports a direct link between the Veteran's current condition and his military service.