Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for further development on her psychiatric issues, including clarification of diagnoses and related circumstances.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to a lumbar spine disorder. The veteran's current psychiatric disorders are found to be related to her service-connected low back disability and granted a 40 percent rating for IVDS with bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board found that the February 9, 1973 rating decision and subsequent decisions through February 19, 1992 were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous in denying a rating in excess of 70 percent for schizophrenia, undifferentiated type.

The Board is remanding the case to provide a VA psychiatric examination and consider both direct and secondary service connection for an innocently-acquired psychiatric disorder, with consideration of its relationship to the veteran's service-connected left eye disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and Bipolar Disorder, is service-connected. The claim for PTSD was denied due to lack of a current diagnosis in accordance with VA regulations. However, the claim for Bipolar Disorder was granted as it preexisted service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and verifying inservice stressors. The veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence submitted by the veteran, including her service medical records and a statement from her treating psychiatric nurse. The claim will be further developed to determine if the veteran's PTSD is related to military sexual trauma.

The Board finds that the veteran's death by drowning is not shown to have been suicide or related in any way to his service-connected schizophrenia, and thus denies service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran received unauthorized medical care for psychiatric and addiction services. The claim is denied as the evidence does not meet the criteria for payment under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1725.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and additional development is required.

The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disorder, claimed as schizophrenia, was not incurred or aggravated during service and is not related to his active duty. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection.

The Board granted the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection. The veteran was awarded a 60 percent rating for his service-connected lumbar myositis with herniated nucleus pulposus, L4-L5 bilateral radiculopathy from October 16, 1998.

The veteran's claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a psychiatric examination.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service medical records and VA treatment records. The veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is pending.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of gunshot wounds to the head with loss of memory and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability or a nexus between any claimed conditions and active service.

The veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to consider his claim for an initial compensable rating for service-connected chronic myositis, right scapular muscle.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a 100% disability rating for schizophrenia and TDIU, finding that no earlier unadjudicated claim was presented.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to his military service and therefore denied all claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection have been denied. The appeals were not successful in establishing new and material evidence or substantiating the underlying claims.