Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia warrants a rating of 70 percent, reflecting severe social and industrial impairment.

The veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and skin disability due to herbicide exposure were denied. The claim for an increased rating for optic atrophy of the left eye was also denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and determining the veteran's employment status. The issues of right ear hearing loss rating, reopening a psychiatric disorder claim, and nonservice-connected pension benefits are to be reconsidered.

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

The veteran withdrew their appeal before a decision was made, thus the case is dismissed.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development of evidence, including obtaining SSA records and VA clinical records. The veteran's claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for schizophrenia and delusional disorder, denied service connection for anxiety disorder, depression, PTSD, and a personality disorder, and denied an increased rating for acne vulgaris. The case is remanded to the RO for further development of the record.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for psychiatric disability.

The veteran seeks service connection for his acquired psychiatric disorders, specifically paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The Board finds that a remand is required to obtain a VA examination and etiology opinion.

The Board denied service connection for cause of the veteran's death, finding no competent evidence that the service-connected schizophrenia contributed to his death or caused any of the conditions listed.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for DIC benefits, finding that the earliest possible effective date is May 26, 2004.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination to determine if the veteran's current psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, are related to his military service.

The Board dismissed the motion to review for clear and unmistakable error in a previous decision that denied service connection, an increased rating, and a total disability rating.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and to issue a statement of the case (SOC) regarding an increased rating for diabetes mellitus with associated erectile dysfunction. The issues of service connection for psychiatric disability, low back disorder, and tinea versicolor are also being remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disability, psychiatric disability (claimed as depression), migraine headaches, left hip disability, and left knee disability. The reasons were that the claimed conditions are not shown to be related to service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, which was previously denied in May 1994. The newly submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.

The Board found that the veteran does not currently have a stomach disorder or psychiatric disorder, and thus denied his claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's currently diagnosed depressive disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The VA determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder is not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right shoulder bursitis and right elbow osteoarthritis.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. The veteran's sworn testimony, a lay statement from his sister, and an industrial medicine examination all suggest psychiatric problems in the 1970s and a period of hospitalization at VA close in time to his discharge from service.