Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and scheduling a VA audiological examination to determine if the veteran currently has hearing loss and its etiology.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's claimed stressors and a need for further examination to determine the nature, extent, and etiology of any currently diagnosed psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for increased ratings for schizophrenia, paranoid type and residuals of a left wrist fracture with traumatic arthritis are not supported by the evidence presented.

The veteran seeks an earlier effective date for a 100 percent evaluation of service-connected schizophrenia, but the Board finds that it was not factually ascertainable that he was entitled to such rating prior to January 14, 1991.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of psychiatric disorder, right ankle disorder, right knee disorder, and low back disorder, all claimed as secondary to service-connected left ankle Achilles tendonitis.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and a need for further psychiatric evaluation regarding the cause of death.

The Board denied service connection for a stomach disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence linking these conditions to service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional verification of stressors and a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequately addressed questions regarding the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disability and its relationship to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for reopening his service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including recurrent major depression, and for degenerative disc and/or joint disease of the lumbosacral spine. The veteran's current conditions are not shown to be related to her military service or a service-connected disability.,An increased evaluation for tendinitis of the right ankle was also denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient notice and new evidence submitted by the veteran. The claim will be reconsidered with consideration of this new evidence.

The Board has ordered additional development due to incomplete service records and the need for further evidence regarding the veteran's schizophrenia.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD and finds that new and material evidence has been received. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia remains pending.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses for chronic right shoulder, eye, sinus, or bronchitis disorders. The acquired psychiatric disorder to include depression claim is denied as there is no evidence of a nexus between service and her current condition.

The Board has denied service connection for a right eye disorder, including lattice degeneration and for melena. Service connection was granted for an acquired psychiatric disorder (depression).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a heart condition, finding that new evidence did not meet the criteria to reopen the previously denied claim. The Board also found no evidence of a heart condition during or within one year after service.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the veteran's psychiatric disability. The left knee disability claim is also being remanded for proper notification and development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for schizophrenia and TDIU, finding that his symptoms did not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher disability rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not support the presence of any psychiatric disorder in service or a link between current symptoms and an in-service stressor.