Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for schizophrenia and headaches, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness during his Gulf War service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.

The VA determined that the veteran's schizophreniform disorder causes no more than occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a 30 percent disability rating.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability and a chronic acquired psychiatric disability was denied. The Board found that the veteran's variously diagnosed psychiatric disorders are not of service origin.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD in September 1987. The current appeal is about reopening this claim based on new and material evidence.

The veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and assistance of another person, or upon housebound status is being remanded due to the need for a current VA psychiatric examination, additional treatment records from his correctional facility, and proper VCAA notice.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for gastrointestinal, psychiatric (including PTSD), foot, and mouth disabilities due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of claims for service connection for schizophrenia, tinnitus, and genital herpes.

The Board has found sufficient new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a nervous condition, which is now considered as a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The claims have been granted.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and arranging for examinations to determine the nature of the veteran's psychiatric and respiratory disabilities.

The veteran's residuals of a gunshot wound to the chest are currently rated at 20 percent, effective from November 1, 1992. The psychiatric disability has been rated as 30 percent since February 7, 1992, and 100 percent during hospitalization from May 4, 1992, to October 31, 1992.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by service and is not proximately due to or the result of service-connected bilateral hearing loss. The claim for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, undifferentiated type and denied higher ratings for the veteran's low back disability.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a new C&P examination and opinion regarding whether the veteran's service-connected back disorder caused or aggravated his acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board found that the veteran's preexisting schizophrenia did not increase in severity during service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a left ankle disability or neurological impairment of the lumbosacral spine to include sciatica that is caused by his service-connected right ankle disability.,There is no evidence showing that the veteran's psychiatric disorder was incurred in or aggravated by military service.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and correction of VCAA notice.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a TDIU rating, finding that his service-connected schizophrenia does not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board found that the veteran's back disorders and psychiatric disorders were not incurred or aggravated during service, and thus denied his claims for service connection.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the veteran's TDIU, finding that the earliest possible effective date is February 24, 1989 based on a VA examination within one year of his formal claim.