Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining records from a Malden Rehabilitation Center and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board finds that the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than June 15, 2002, for a grant of a 100% evaluation for paranoid schizophrenia is denied as there is no medical evidence showing total occupational and social impairment prior to this date.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination and an adequate statement of reasons and bases.

The Board has ordered additional development of the Veteran's claims due to incomplete records. The case will be returned for further consideration.

The Board found that the submitted evidence does not meet the criteria for reopening the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia.

The Veteran's hepatitis C and acquired psychiatric disorder (including bipolar disorder and PTSD) were not incurred or aggravated by service. The Board found that the current disabilities are less likely than not related to in-service events.

The Board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, PTSD, and low back disorder as the evidence did not establish these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disorder during the Veteran's active service and denied his claim for service connection as there is insufficient evidence to link any current psychiatric disability to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's right femur fracture did not worsen during service and was not aggravated by his service. The other claimed conditions were not caused or aggravated by his service.

The Veteran's claims are being remanded for additional development of his service connection and disability rating issues.

The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric condition, including PTSD and concussion-related conditions, was not incurred in or aggravated by service. The evidence did not establish a direct relationship between his current psychiatric symptoms and his military service.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration.

The Board found that the Veteran's right elbow disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service and arthritis may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is remanded.

The Board has ordered further development to verify the Veteran's alleged stressful events in service and to obtain his military 'Record of Assignments' for the period from September 1970 to March 1974. The case is REMANDED for these actions.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and skin cancer, including as secondary to herbicide exposure, was denied. The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to service or herbicide exposure.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis/arthritis (OA), gastrointestinal disorders with nausea and heartburn, hypertension, cervical spine discogenic disease at C6-C7, C7-T1 and spondylosis, and a right foot disability (calcaneal spurs) as secondary to her service-connected costochondritis.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a new hearing before the Travel Board.

The Veteran was granted service connection for PTSD and peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, but denied service connection for a skin disability. The decision is mixed as it grants some claims and denies others.

The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including generalized anxiety disorder and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, is considered service-connected. The Veteran also has a compensable rating for his left middle finger fracture.

The Board denied service connection for depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and COPD. Service connection for hepatitis C was also denied due to lack of evidence linking the condition to service.