Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, due to a lack of credible evidence corroborating his in-service stressors and because no other chronic or acquired psychiatric disorder was present during service.

The Board found that the veteran does not have schizophrenia or ulcers attributable to his period of military service and denied both claims.

The Board has determined that further development is needed before the claim on appeal can be adjudicated.

The Board has determined that the evidence submitted since the last denial in December 1998 is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding no medical nexus between his current disability and any disease or injury incurred in service.

The veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal concerning reopening a claim for stomach disorder, prostate cancer, and a disorder requiring blood transfusions. The Board also found that schizophrenia was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claims of service connection for a psychiatric disorder or bilateral hearing loss, and denied both claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder for purposes of accrued benefits, finding that direct service connection was not warranted.

The Board denied service connection for dislocation of the right hip and paranoid schizophrenia, finding no evidence of these conditions in service.,A claim to reopen a low back disorder was also denied.

The veteran is seeking service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, which the Board has determined requires additional development due to incomplete medical records and notification issues.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for schizophrenia and finds that it is established based on competent evidence. The veteran's schizophrenia is found to have developed during his period of active service.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a change in the Veterans Law Judge who conducted the appellant's hearing.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his failure to report for a scheduled hearing. The case will be returned to the Board after further development.

The Board has determined that additional development is required to decide the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. This includes scheduling a VA examination and determining whether any current diagnoses are related to active service.

The veteran's service-connected thoracic spine disability is currently rated at 40 percent, but the Board found that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The claims of service connection for bipolar disorder/schizophrenia and an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD are denied as there is no evidence to support these conditions being related to his military service.

The Board has determined that there is no jurisdictional appeal pending regarding the July 1997 rating decision, and thus dismisses the claims.

The case is being remanded for further development, including a review of the veteran's SSA file and another VA psychiatric examination to determine if his pre-existing psychiatric disability clearly and unmistakably existed prior to service.

The Board found that there is no etiologic relationship between the veteran's service-connected duodenal ulcer disease and his claimed psychiatric disorder, and thus denied both the secondary service connection claim for a psychiatric disorder and the increased rating claim for duodenal ulcer disease.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The veteran was not diagnosed with either condition during service, and there is no evidence of a current diagnosis. The claim for PTSD was also denied due to lack of a current diagnosis.