Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected obsessive compulsive disorder with depression is remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and records, including those from Mayview State Hospital and the Social Security Administration.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, cervical spine disorder, and left shoulder disorder. The veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his active duty service.,There is no credible evidence linking the veteran's current psychiatric condition or cervical spine disorder to his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination to determine if any current psychiatric disability is related to service. The veteran's claim seeks service connection for PTSD and other acquired psychiatric disorders.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder and denied claims for swollen glands in the ears and residuals of pneumonia.

The Board finds that the veteran's currently diagnosed schizophrenia is due to his military service, and grants service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed psychiatric, respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and joint disabilities are not service-connected.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, service connection, and TDIU. The lumbar spine degenerative joint disease claim was reopened but not granted. The 'nerve' problems (psychiatric) claim was also reopened but not granted. Bilateral hearing loss remains denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for PTSD or schizophrenia, as there is no valid diagnosis of these conditions in his medical records. The claims are therefore denied.

The Board found that the appellant's discharge from his period of active service was under dishonorable conditions and denied service connection for paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding no current medical diagnosis of a psychiatric disability and noting that there was no evidence linking any in-service mental health treatment to a current condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, may be service-connected due to combat exposure. Tinnitus was not incurred in or aggravated by service. A pulmonary disorder is not shown to have been incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete service records and other issues.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to the service-connected asthma, finding no evidence of a nexus between the current condition and military service.

The Board has remanded the case to provide proper notice and obtain any pertinent evidence identified by the veteran. The issue is whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of service connection for psychiatric disability other than PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed type II diabetes mellitus and psychiatric disorder were not incurred or aggravated by service, nor may they be presumed to have been. The claims are therefore denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including chronic paranoid schizophrenia and PTSD, were not incurred or aggravated during service. The claim for alcoholism is denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between current disability and service.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was not incurred or aggravated in active military service and denied her claim.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disability, if present, was not incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia and found that new evidence was submitted. However, the claim is still denied as there is no medical evidence linking the current psychiatric disorder to his military service.