Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has denied service connection for a back disability and remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for a Travel Board hearing. The claims will be returned to the Board after the hearing.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia was not incurred or aggravated in active service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has vacated the previous decision and remanded the case for further development, including providing the veteran's representative with requested records and allowing them an opportunity to submit additional argument.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection due to new and material evidence, but finds that the psychiatric disability is not related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenia and found that there was no new and material evidence presented. The issue of secondary service connection for a seizure disorder was also denied.

The Board found that the veteran's current diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia is not related to his period of service and denied the claim for service connection.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disorder related to the veteran's military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran died in October 1998 with a 100% disability rating for schizophrenia since December 13, 1989. The claim is denied as the veteran was not entitled to DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to the lack of continuous total service-connected disability rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's medical condition did not preclude transfer to a VA Medical Center for continuation of treatment, but due to an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence, the veteran may be granted payment of unauthorized medical expenses.

The Board has granted service connection for hypertension. The issues of service connection for gastrointestinal disability, vertigo, and a psychiatric disability (depression) are being remanded due to the lack of VA examination reports.

The Board has determined that the veteran's hypertension and acquired psychiatric disorder are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected cervical spine and left wrist disabilities.

The Board found no evidence of a back or psychiatric disability during service and concluded that the current conditions are not related to active service.

The veteran's pseudofolliculitis barbae was incurred or aggravated in service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition. The other issues are addressed in the REMAND portion of the decision.

The Board found that the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not incurred or aggravated by her active duty for training (ACDUTRA) with the Coast Guard Reserve. The claim is denied.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and increased the evaluation of the right shoulder disability to 30 percent. The evaluations for traumatic neuritis of the ulnar nerves remain unchanged.

The VA determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disabilities, including schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, were not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to the need to obtain missing VA treatment records and ensure all development has been completed.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, as well as for a foot disorder, skin disorder, and prostate disorder. The veteran's stressors were not verified, and there was no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including those due to an undiagnosed illness, were denied as the evidence did not establish a link between any of these conditions and his military service.