Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has ordered additional development due to the need for more complete medical records and evidence. The case will be returned to the Board after this is completed.

The veteran's psychiatric disability, including PTSD, was not incurred or aggravated by active service.

The Board has granted service connection for chronic left wrist fracture residuals with degenerative joint disease and denied service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for schizophrenia, finding no new and material evidence. The claim was previously denied in July 1998.

The veteran's appeal is dismissed due to his death, and the claims are no longer under jurisdiction.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and other issues, finding no clear and unmistakable error in a June 1968 rating decision denying his claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of burns to the arms and legs.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a low back disorder or psychiatric disorder that is related to military service. The veteran's current conditions are not considered secondary to any service-connected disability.

The Board found no evidence of current back or psychiatric disabilities and denied the veteran's claims for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's current schizophrenia did not have its onset during service and is not related to an in-service disease or injury, thus denying his claim for service connection.

The VA is remanding the case for further development due to new evidence received from the Social Security Administration.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed post-traumatic stress disorder and peripheral neuropathy were not incurred in or aggravated by service, as there was no credible supporting evidence of the claimed stressors. As a result, the claims for these conditions have been denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to procedural issues and the need for VCAA compliance. The claim will be reviewed on its merits.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right hand fracture and mental disorder in December 2002. The new evidence submitted after this decision is considered cumulative or redundant, and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating either claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD or a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, including paranoid schizophrenia. The claim for service connection for alcoholism is denied due to lack of entitlement under the law.

The Board found that the appellant's preexisting acquired psychiatric disorder did not worsen during service and is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to service. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.

The Board found that the veteran does not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and denied both claims for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's symptoms do not meet the criteria for PTSD and concluded that a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.