Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, were not incurred or aggravated during service and therefore denied service connection.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and private mental health records, scheduling a VA psychiatric examination, and adjudicating the claim.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for recognition as a helpless child due to her psychiatric disability, finding that she was not permanently incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical defect at the age of 18.

The Board has granted an effective date of February 24, 1995 for the assignment of a 70 percent disability rating for schizophrenia, undifferentiated type with persistent paranoid and depressive symptoms.,The Board also granted an effective date of February 24, 1995 for the award of total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disability.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for psychiatric disability, claimed as PTSD. The decision is to grant this claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining police and hospital records related to the veteran's psychiatric disability. The veteran should also be scheduled for a psychiatric examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current psychiatric disorders.

The Board denied the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and a mental disorder, finding no new and material evidence. The veteran's current conditions are not linked to his active service.

The Board found that the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as major depressive disorder, did not have its onset during active military service or within one year thereafter and has not been linked to service by competent medical evidence. The Board also found that PTSD did not have its onset during active military service and the record does not reflect a diagnosis of PTSD based upon verified in-service stressors.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and found that the appellant's gastrointestinal disorder is secondary to her service-connected PTSD. The case is remanded for further examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's currently diagnosed psychiatric disorder is not related to his service and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current psychiatric disability for which service connection can be granted, including PTSD. The evidence does not support a finding of in-service stressors or a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for schizophrenia and bilateral corns, calluses, and hammertoe/claw deformities.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and his other psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is less likely than not related to his period of active duty service. Therefore, service connection for both conditions is denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a fall, laceration and broken nose.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a failure to obtain Social Security Administration records.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia. The case is remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychological disorder is not related to treatment with LSD-25 administered by VA in 1967, and thus denied his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder, dysthymia, is causally related to his service-connected disabilities and grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO. The case will be returned to the Board after any necessary actions are taken.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, left knee disability, and tumors or skin cancer. The denial is based on lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.