Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran is seeking a higher rating for his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and challenges the reduction from 100 percent disabling to 50 percent. The Board has ordered additional development of his case, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling him for a VA examination.

The Board finds that the veteran does not have a service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hemorrhoids, a leg disability, residuals of oral surgery, and a psychiatric disorder. The decision also addressed whether new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for hemorrhoids.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for gastrointestinal, bladder, and psychiatric disorders. The conditions are found to be not related to service or service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was not incurred or aggravated during service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings, hearing loss, and service connection for various conditions. The appeals were not successful.

The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a psychiatric disability resulting from VA treatment in July 1995 was denied, as it is not shown that the veteran has additional psychiatric disability related to such treatment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a psychiatric disorder are denied as there is no evidence to support these conditions were incurred or aggravated by service.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) or a low back disorder that is related to service. The evidence does not support these claims.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disability was not incurred in or aggravated by his service, and thus denied his claim.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder. The August 1974 final rating decision denying service connection remains in effect.

The veteran's claim for financial assistance in purchasing an automobile and necessary adaptive equipment was denied as her service-connected disabilities do not meet the eligibility requirements.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim for PTSD. The Board also granted service connection for PTSD on the merits, finding that it was incurred in military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of service connection for a psychiatric condition due to lack of new and material evidence.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for a Board hearing. The issues of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right foot injury and for a mental disorder are pending.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inadequate reasons and bases for rejecting VA medical opinions, failure to meet duty to assist by securing Social Security Administration (SSA) and VA medical records, and incomplete service medical records.

The Board found no evidence of PTSD or other acquired psychiatric disorders present during service, and the veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, other than post-traumatic stress disorder, is proximately due to his service-connected postoperative lumbar laminectomy. The Board also found that the veteran's multiple joint pain was aggravated by his service-connected postoperative lumbar laminectomy and granted a 20 percent disability rating for this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that he did not engage in combat with the enemy and does not have PTSD as a result of a corroborated service stressor or other psychiatric disorder related to his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is related to in-service stressors and grants service connection for PTSD. The claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD remains pending.