Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and consideration of the evidence.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding that there was no evidence linking the cause of death to any event or etiology in service, including his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, is not related to his service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's tinnitus claim is denied, but he is granted service connection for a psychiatric disability (anxiety state with depression) due to the presumption of service connection based on his status as a POW.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for schizophrenia, bilateral hearing loss, and hepatitis C. The decision found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for schizophrenia, and there was no evidence linking hepatitis C to service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, PTSD, and a psychiatric disability other than PTSD. The decision found that there was no evidence of these conditions during or as a result of military service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination and VCAA notice letter. The veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is on appeal.

The Board found that the prior denial of service connection for PTSD was final, and new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim. The Board also noted that the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) did not have a nexus to her military service.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, due to new and material evidence. However, it is not granted as there is no credible evidence linking any current psychiatric disorders to service or in-service stressors.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his previously denied claim of service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the new evidence submitted was not material and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia was incurred during service and is granted service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for timeliness of notice of disagreement and for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the June 1996 rating decision assigning an effective date of June 11, 1993 for service-connected psychiatric disorder. The April 1999 rating decision was not timely filed.

The veteran's diabetes is service-connected due to exposure in Vietnam, and the Board finds hypertension and a psychiatric disorder are related to his diabetes.

The veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is currently rated at 50 percent, while his schizophrenia (with paranoid features) remains at the maximum 50 percent rating. The decision on each condition is separate and does not affect the other.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VCAA notice and will provide specific notification of what constitutes material evidence for reopening the claim.

The Board has ordered the case to be remanded for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and providing proper VCAA notice.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, did not reopen the claim for frostbite of the ears due to lack of new and material evidence, but found that there is no current disability related to service or a service-connected condition for neuropathy and circulatory disorders of the lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder and assigned a 10 percent rating for allergic rhinosinusitis. The veteran's claims were reopened based on new evidence, and the effective date is not specified.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete information and need for clarification of diagnoses.

The Board found no evidence of hearing loss or tinnitus in service, and the medical evidence did not support a link between current conditions and active service. The acquired psychiatric disorder was also not linked to service.