Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has granted an effective date of March 31, 1997 for the award of Total Disability Rating due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU) based on evidence showing the veteran became unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment prior to that date.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for scheduling a Travel Board hearing and further development.

The Board has denied reopening the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The case is being remanded to obtain additional VA treatment records and Social Security Administration records.

The veteran's claim for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for bilateral visual loss due to optic atrophy was granted effective November 14, 1998.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and a skin disorder, finding that there was no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disorder or PTSD during his active duty service.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU was denied as the earliest possible effective date is June 9, 1997 when he filed his application. The Board found that prior to this date, there was no evidence showing that his service-connected disabilities alone precluded him from following a substantially gainful occupation.

The veteran is granted service connection for schizophrenia and erectile dysfunction with effective dates of December 2, 1994 and January 2, 2002 respectively. The earlier effective date of February 1974 for the erectile dysfunction claim is not supported as a matter of law.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for paranoid schizophrenia with passive aggressive personality due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that no evidence was received prior to March 16, 2000, and thus denying any award before this date.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder in June 1986. The veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence, but the Board found that his current psychiatric condition is not related to his military service or his service-connected residuals of seventh nerve right paralysis (Bell's palsy).

The Board has determined that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected condition, and thus denied service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that there was no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD and no credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors. The examiner concluded that the veteran does not currently suffer from PTSD.

The Board determined that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, but found no evidence linking any current psychiatric condition to service.

The VA determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder incurred as a result of service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression, and initial compensable disability ratings for right and left knee strains.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities are reasonably attributable to service, leading to a grant of service connection for both conditions.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for a 70% rating for schizophrenia and TDIU, finding no evidence of an earlier claim or entitlement.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, somatoform pain disorder, and stomach disorder. The claim for TDIU was also denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired neuropsychiatric disorder, finding that it is not traceable to military service.

The Board dismissed the veteran's motion for revision due to clear and unmistakable error in their June 13, 2005 decision denying service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The motion was withdrawn by the veteran's representative before the Board could make a final decision.