Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and conducting a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed psychiatric, hearing loss, and tinnitus disabilities.

The Board found that the overpayment of $45,819.14 was properly created due to the veteran's fugitive felon status from December 27, 2001 through August 17, 2003 and denied waiver of recovery as it would otherwise provide compensation for a period when he was a fugitive felon.

The Board found no credible evidence of a verified in-service stressor and thus denied the claim for service connection for PTSD.

The VA determined that the veteran's current psychiatric condition is not a result of her military service, as her pre-existing condition was not aggravated by service.

The Board determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was not incurred in or related to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran is not entitled to a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, sinusitis, or onychomycosis. The claim for service connection for organic heart disease with myocardial infarction and gout was denied as there is no competent evidence of current disabilities related to service. Service connection for a mental disorder was also denied due to lack of competent evidence.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence to support her claim based on the available records and lack of service medical records.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia contributed to his death, and thus grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The Board finds that the veteran's claimed salivary gland disorder, Sjogren's syndrome, and psychiatric disorder were not shown in service or for years thereafter, and that probative evidence of record indicates that these disabilities are not related to or aggravated by his active service, any incident therein, or any service-connected disability. Thus, the Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claims of service connection for salivary gland disorder, Sjogren's syndrome, and a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic PTSD is related to an inservice attempted homosexual rape, and service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric and respiratory conditions are not related to his military service, leading to a denial of both claims.

The Board found that there is no competent evidence to associate PTSD or other acquired psychiatric disorder with the veteran's military service. The scars of the left flank and palm of the right hand were incurred in active service, but the scars on the dorsum and palm of the left and right hands could not be satisfactorily dissociated from the veteran's military service.

The Board has denied all the veteran's claims for service connection as his claimed conditions are not related to his active military service or events therein, and none of them have been shown to be due to an undiagnosed illness.

The Board has determined that the veteran did not submit timely notices of disagreement with the January 2001 rating decision which granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder and the April 1974 rating decision which denied service connection for a nervous condition. As such, the appeal is dismissed.

The Board has determined that the veteran did not have a chronic psychiatric disorder or dental disability during service, and there is no evidence associating these conditions with his active military duty. Therefore, service connection for both conditions cannot be granted.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate explanation of the VA examiners' opinions and need for a thorough medical examination.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disability, diagnosed as schizophrenia with paranoid features, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder, is not related to his active service or any incident therein.

The veteran's skin rash and respiratory problems were not found to be service-connected. The psychiatric disorder (PTSD) was found to be service-connected.

The veteran's claims for service connection were denied. The Board found no current disability related to the claimed conditions and did not find a link between any of the conditions and service.

The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for the award of service connection and compensation (a 70 percent rating) for schizophrenia, paranoid type. The Board finds no legal basis for the assignment of an effective date prior to July 23, 1996, as there was no pending claim prior to that date.