Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran is not competent to handle VA funds due to his mental condition, specifically paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD with depression and anxiety. However, it was determined that new evidence did not establish a current diagnosis of PTSD or link the disorders to military service.

The evidence submitted since the March 1971 rating decision is not new and material, and the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, remains denied.

The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination and the issuance of a statement of the case regarding the petition to reopen a final disallowed claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for schizophrenia as it was not manifest in service or to a degree of 10 percent within one year of discharge, and there is no evidence linking the condition to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence supporting his claimed in-service stressors.

The Board found that the evidence received since the July 1954 rating decision does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, and is not considered new and material. The claim of service connection for schizophrenia is therefore not reopened.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, alcoholism, a lung disorder, dental trauma, a right knee disorder, and left ear hearing loss as the evidence did not support a medical nexus between these conditions and the veteran's period of active duty.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle condition, finding no relationship between the present right ankle condition and service. The psychiatric disorder claim was remanded.

The Board grants service connection for schizophrenia, which represents a complete grant of the benefit sought on appeal.

The Board denied service connection for a back disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a respiratory disorder, a stomach disorder, and a bilateral knee disorder.

The appeal is being remanded to the RO for corrective notice regarding new and material evidence requirements.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and adjudicative action regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, currently diagnosed as schizophrenia, finding that the condition did not have its onset during active service and was not related to an in-service disease or injury.

The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia, paranoid type, finding that the condition was aggravated by the veteran's military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury, left knee disability, left elbow disability, and psychiatric disorder, including bipolar disorder and PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a chronic disorder during service or within one year of separation, and no medical evidence linking any current condition to his active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no credible supporting evidence of a non-combat stressor and the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, hypertension, alcoholism, psychiatric disorders, headaches, insomnia, nightmares, hepatitis C and liver disease, stomach condition, arthritis, residuals of a spider bite, and diabetes mellitus as there was no evidence to support the claims.