Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and clarifying the veteran's service connection claims.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, should be remanded due to the need for additional development and examination.

The Board has granted service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the veteran's condition existed during and after military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for various disabilities, including back, heart, right knee, and right eye disorders. The psychiatric disorder claim was also denied as secondary to other service-connected conditions.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and ensuring that all requested actions are completed.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient medical evidence to decide the claims.

The veteran seeks service connection for PTSD, claiming it was caused by witnessing the death of a student recruit at Chanute Air Force Base. The Board finds insufficient evidence to verify this stressor and requests further development including verification of the incident and VA outpatient records.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection have been denied. The RO previously denied these claims, and no new evidence was presented to reopen any of the claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, finding that it was decided on the merits.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's psychosis, NOS, finding that it became manifest to a compensable degree within one year of separation from active military service.

The appellant died during the appeal process, and as a result, the Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia. The case is now REMANDED for further development and consideration.

The Board is remanding the case to provide VCAA notice, obtain outstanding medical records, and attempt to verify the veteran's claimed stressors.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder in May 1997, and the Court affirmed this decision in May 1999. The moving party's motion alleging clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was dismissed with prejudice.

The Board finds that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as PTSD, is reasonably the result of his service in Vietnam. The evidence supports a link between his current symptoms and his in-service stressors.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of schizophrenia, paranoid type was granted. The initial rating for the disability remains at 50 percent.

The veteran's claim for an increased disability evaluation for his service-connected schizophreniform disorder is being remanded due to the need for further development of his VA medical records, including those from Beaufort VAMC and Coastal Empire Mental Health Clinic.

The Board has remanded the case for further development of evidence to determine the current status and etiology of the veteran's claimed disabilities, including hearing loss, malaria residuals, cold injury to the feet, PTSD, back disorder, knee disorders, respiratory disorder, and diabetes mellitus.

The Board has remanded the case for further adjudication, including issuance of a statement of the case on the issue of an increased rating and consideration of the earlier effective date claim.

The Board found that the veteran does not currently suffer with PTSD and therefore, service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, is denied.