Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the case for further action, including scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, paranoid type, had its onset during service and is therefore granted service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining verification of the veteran's service in the Naval Reserves and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination to determine if any current diagnosed psychiatric disorder is related to service.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and has also determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete medical records and an inadequate VA psychiatric examination.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, has been dismissed due to the death of the veteran.

The Board has determined that the veteran's left ear hearing loss is not due to in-service acoustic trauma and therefore denied service connection for this condition. The psychiatric disorder claim requires further development as it involves a recent opinion based on limited records.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD due to new and material evidence. However, it was not established that the veteran incurred a stressor during active service or that his current PTSD is related to such service. The secondary service connection claim for paranoid schizophrenia as being aggravated by PTSD was denied.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to new and material evidence submitted since the November 2001 rating decision. The case is remanded for further development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of the veteran's currently diagnosed psychiatric disorder.

The case is being remanded for additional development to ensure all relevant medical records are obtained and proper notice is provided to the appellant.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for hematuria and a psychiatric disorder, but additional development is required to determine if these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board denied the claim to reopen and to establish service connection for schizophrenia, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The veteran's service-connected schizophrenia is currently rated as 70 percent disabling. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating, and thus denies an increased rating.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service medical records and VA treatment records. The veteran's claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The Board finds that the veteran is entitled to an effective date of May 22, 1997 for the establishment of service connection for his schizophrenia.

The Board has determined that an examination is necessary to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's claimed psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The case will be remanded for further development.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied both claims for service connection for the cause of death and DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.

The Board has ordered the case to be remanded for additional development and notification, as it was found that proper VCAA notice had not been provided.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete medical records and a need to review all available evidence, including those from the VAMC New Orleans.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability. The RO in January 1990 had already found insufficient evidence of a current psychiatric disability related to service, thus the decision is considered mixed as some issues were granted (the petition to reopen) while others were not (the denial of service connection).