Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a head injury and schizophrenia, finding that new evidence did not warrant reopening the claims.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia did not originate during service and was not aggravated by service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service medical records and requests for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for heart disability and PTSD, but additional development is needed before de novo review can occur.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to failure to comply with duty-to-assist requirements.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of April 3, 1992, for the grant of service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the appellant's claim, but denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death upon de novo review. The Board concluded that there was no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's fatal heart failure or schizophrenia to his military service.

The February 26, 1970 rating decision reducing the veteran's schizophrenia disability evaluation from 100% to 70% is found to contain clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The 100% rating is reinstated as of May 1, 1970.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's psychiatric disability, which may have been aggravated during his second period of active service. Additionally, the RO must obtain the veteran's service medical records from February 1997 to November 1997.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including bipolar disorder, major depression, and schizotypal personality disorder, finding that while he had a pre-existing personality disorder, his current mental health conditions were not shown to be related to service.

The VA determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disability is not causally related to service and denied his claim.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is being remanded due to the need to obtain VA medical treatment records from Decatur, Georgia.

The Board has determined that the appellant's discharge from his period of honorable service was under dishonorable conditions. The Board also found that paranoid schizophrenia did not develop during this period and is not related to service, thus denying both issues on appeal.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA and private treatment records, Social Security Administration disability records, and any other relevant evidence. The veteran is advised to submit all relevant evidence in his possession.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disorder, a psychiatric disorder (to include anxiety), and a stomach disorder (to include duodenal ulcer disease and a spastic duodenum) as the evidence did not support these claims.

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current low back, right knee, left knee, or psychiatric disabilities to his active service. The claims for these conditions were therefore denied.

The veteran's service connection claims for various disabilities are granted, with a 10 percent rating assigned for the upper gastrointestinal disability (GERD).

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the appellant's claim for service connection for psychiatric disability. The reopened claim will now be adjudicated on its merits.

The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a diagnosis of PTSD. The claim for service connection for PTSD is also granted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected schizophrenia did not cause or contribute to his fatal cardiovascular disease, and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.