Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder to his military service, including any claimed in-service stressors. The claim was denied.

The Board has granted service connection for the appellant's acquired psychiatric disorder, which is considered to have been aggravated by military service. The other issues of service connection for residuals of a nasal fracture, sinusitis, and headaches are not addressed as they were remanded.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia is likely to have had its onset during service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen her claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability, finding that the additional evidence submitted was not new and material.

The Board has determined that the evidence received since the July 2000 rating decision is not new and material, thus denying the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete verification of the veteran's claimed PTSD stressors. The veteran is seeking service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for compliance with VCAA notice provisions and further development.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability and a psychiatric disorder (major depression) as there is no evidence of such conditions during or within one year after service, and the current disabilities are not related to service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder has been reopened and granted. The veteran's uveitis/iritis is currently rated at 20 percent, and the issue of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability is remanded.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development, including obtaining records from a psychiatrist and SSA disability benefits information. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on all evidence of record.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to new evidence and incomplete information regarding stressors and medical records.

The Board has determined that the reduction of the veteran's VA compensation benefits for his period of incarceration from May 6, 2002, to September 5, 2002, was proper.

The Board found that the veteran does not have PTSD and concluded that his psychiatric disability is not related to service. The claim for tinnitus was also denied.

The veteran requested to withdraw their appeal, and as a result, the case has been dismissed.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.

The Board determined that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the rating decision establishing an effective date of April 14, 1960 for a total 100 percent disability rating for schizophrenia. The appellant's claim for CUE was denied.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is not linked to his service or any service-connected disability, and thus denied service connection for this condition. The rating in excess of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss and vertigo was also denied.

The Board found that the veteran does not have a psychiatric disorder due to disease or injury incurred in service, and there is no evidence of any current condition being related to service. The claim was denied.

The veteran's gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) was initially manifested during service and is attributable to service. The Board finds that the evidence supports that GERD is attributable to service.

The Board found that the veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal regarding his claim to reopen service connection for schizophrenia, and thus denied the appeal.