Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The appeal is remanded to the RO for a proper medical nexus opinion and an examination by a psychiatrist.

The Board found that the competent medical evidence did not support a connection between the veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder and her active duty service, thus denying service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible evidence that a claimed in-service stressor occurred, and the veteran has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder instead of PTSD.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and adjudication of the claims.

The veteran's current psychiatric disorder is not shown by the medical evidence of record to be related to his active military service.

The Board granted the veteran's appeal, finding that his VA Form 9 was timely filed.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome, and assigned a 20 percent rating for the veteran's low back strain.

The appeal is dismissed due to the death of the veteran.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder was remanded to the RO for further development.

The appeal was remanded to the RO for additional evidentiary development.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and a psychiatric disability were not reopened as new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board denied service connection for paranoid schizophrenia and neurosis, finding no evidence of a current disability related to the appellant's military service.

The Board remands the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to schedule a VA examination and obtain additional evidence.

The veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia was not reopened as new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board denied service connection for a variously diagnosed psychiatric disorder, including depression, paranoia, and psychosis; a low back disorder; a neck disorder; and numbness of the upper extremities as there was no competent evidence showing that these conditions were related to the veteran's military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, claimed as secondary to a service-connected headache disorder, was denied because he failed to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was not caused by his active military service.

The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include bipolar disorder.

The veteran's claim for service connection for abnormal PSA levels was denied as there is no evidence of a disability, and the condition is not included in the list of presumptive conditions associated with herbicide exposure.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia was not found to warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent, and his right hand paresis warranted a 10 percent rating from August 23, 2006.