Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of left upper extremity frostbite, right upper extremity frostbite, left lower extremity frostbite, and right lower extremity frostbite. The Veteran also had a claim for headaches and anxiety neurosis (claimed as an anxiety disorder), but these were not granted either.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and has reopened the claim for a gastrointestinal disorder, finding that both conditions are related to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, skin disability, PTSD, acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, diabetes mellitus, lung disability, right knee disability, gallbladder disability, drug addiction, and cardiovascular disability. The appeals were not addressed on the merits of these claims.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current psychiatric disorder that manifested during or was aggravated by his military service.

The Board has granted service connection for a right wrist disorder but denied secondary service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, based on new and material evidence.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's cause of death, cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction, was related to his service-connected schizophrenia or other conditions. The case is being remanded for a VA medical opinion.

The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a current acquired psychiatric disorder, and thus service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is denied. For his hypertension claim, the preponderance of evidence is against finding a direct relationship to service-connected diabetes.

The Board has remanded the case for a video-conference hearing before a Member of the Board of Veterans' Appeals due to the Veteran's request.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a lower left leg contusion/hematuria with incision and drainage was denied. The RO also denied his petition to reopen the claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury, finding that new and material evidence had not been received. Service connection for psychiatric disorders, including schizoaffective and bipolar disorders, is pending.

The Board has determined that there is a need to obtain additional evidence and review the claim for service connection of schizophrenia, including SSA records and representation argument.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia was denied as there is no legal basis to award such a date.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a skin condition, erectile dysfunction secondary to paranoid schizophrenia, gastrointestinal disorder secondary to paranoid schizophrenia, and an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for paranoid schizophrenia. The claim for TDIU was also denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as there is no evidence of a chronic back disability, gastrointestinal disorder, psychiatric disorder, right upper extremity disability or disabilities of either lower extremity during service or within the presumptive period.

The Board has remanded the case for further proceedings due to conflicting evidence regarding whether the Veteran's respiratory disability is caused by his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability. The Veteran also needs a VA examination to evaluate his acquired psychiatric disability and determine its current severity.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and mental disorder are not related to his service, and therefore denied both claims.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require the regular aid and attendance of another person, resulting in a grant of special monthly compensation based on this need.

The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric disability did not manifest during service and is unrelated to his period of active duty. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Veteran's death was not due to a service-connected disability, and he did not have a continuous total rating for at least ten years immediately preceding his death. Therefore, the claim for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 is denied.

The Veteran's claim for PTSD was denied due to lack of a current diagnosis and unverifiable stressors. The claim for depression secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus was granted.