Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for neuropsychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, finding no evidence of such disorders during or within one year after service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and granted it. The cervical spine disability claim remains denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a higher rating for his bronchial asthma. The decision found no new and material evidence to reopen the psychiatric disorder claim, and it determined that the current level of disability does not warrant a higher rating for bronchial asthma.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection have been granted.

The Board found no evidence of an etiological link between the claimed psychiatric disorder and ACDUTRA, nor did it find any evidence that the neck/back disorder was incurred during ACDUTRA. As such, service connection for both conditions is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to incomplete records and need for clarification on the nature of any psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a rib disability and an acquired psychiatric disability, finding no evidence of a causal relationship to military service. The claim for compensation benefits for an incisional hernia due to VA hospitalization was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a cervical spine disorder, finding that the veteran's current conditions were not incurred or aggravated by his military service.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim and found that his schizoaffective disorder is related to military service, thus granting service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and chest pain. The appeals are both denied.

The Board found that the submitted evidence was not new and material to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD. The veteran's psychiatric disabilities, including PTSD, were determined not to be related to his military service.

The Board denied service connection for psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), duodenal ulcer disease, renal colic, bronchial asthma, and residuals of wounds of the forehead, back and thighs. The diagnoses were not established during or within one year after service.

The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of schizophrenia, finding that the earliest date of entitlement was June 22, 1994.

The Board has denied service connection for skeletal blastomycosis and acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence of in-service injury or incident related to these conditions. The veteran's claim is based on presumed herbicide exposure but lacks sufficient medical opinion linking the conditions to active duty.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to new evidence received since the June 1956 denial. However, the claim remains denied as the medical evidence does not show that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was aggravated in service.

The Board finds that the veteran's service in Vietnam, including his role as an Air Mobile/combat engineer unit grader operator, exposed him to combat stressors. The evidence supports a finding of service origin for his acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for psychiatric disability, residuals of cholesterolemia, hearing loss, heart disease, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), corneal embolism, and hernia. The evidence did not show a relationship between these conditions and military service.

The veteran's claim for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound is remanded. The service connection claim for a low back disability, secondary to his service-connected psychiatric disorder, is also remanded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is at least as likely as not incurred during service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was granted service connection. Sinusitis and a gastrointestinal disorder were denied as not related to military service. The low back disorder and headaches (muscle-contraction) were also denied.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD, was granted based on the presumption of exposure to combat.