Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to report for a scheduled VA examination and requests that additional evidence be submitted, including treatment records from sources identified by the veteran. The claim will be re-adjudicated after these actions.

The October 3, 1986, Board decision denying service connection for a chronic psychiatric disorder to include paranoid schizophrenia was found to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The benefits sought on appeal are granted.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further development, including scheduling a VA examination and readjudicating the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, which is now recognized as PTSD, was incurred during his military service and an effective date of April 11, 1980 for this condition is granted. The claim for earlier effective date for PTSD is denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current lung problems are not related to his active service, and thus cannot be granted service connection. The right shoulder disability and psychiatric disorder claims were reopened due to new evidence submitted since June 1995, but the Board found no causal relationship between these conditions and service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim for service connection for paranoid schizophrenia. The arthritis claim is also considered, but there is no competent diagnosis of arthritis on file.

The Board denied the veteran's motion alleging clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in its September 2004 decision, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his claim for an earlier effective date for compensation benefits for schizophrenia.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a thyroid disorder and an organic mental disorder, were denied. The Board found that the veteran did not have current disabilities related to these conditions and thus could not establish service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, diagnosed as an acquired chronic psychiatric disorder, was not incurred or aggravated during active military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD and his generalized anxiety disorder was first manifested many years after active military service and is not shown to be related to any incident, injury or disease of active service.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, or hypertension. The Board found no evidence of such conditions during active duty or within one year post-service, and concluded that any current acquired psychiatric disability is unrelated to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to failure to provide proper VCAA notice and will proceed with further development.

The VA determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including a psychosis, was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and could not be presumed to have been incurred or aggravated in service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is a result of his active military service and has been granted service connection.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that the veteran did not have a disease or injury incurred during service and no evidence of a chronic condition within one year of separation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, was not incurred or aggravated in active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim. The Board also determined that there was no direct evidence linking any current psychiatric disability to service.

The Board has determined that new evidence was submitted, but it is not considered material to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The case is being remanded to the RO for additional development due to a request for a videoconference hearing.

The Board found that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia did not have its onset during service and is not related to any in-service events. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.