Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's schizophrenia was rated at 100% since June 1984. The effective date of the apportionment of $345 on behalf of his minor children J. and R. is set to July 4, 1998, when the veteran's payments were reduced due to incarceration.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder due to new and material evidence submitted since the last final decision. The preexisting condition is found to have been aggravated by active service.

The Board has found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus is presumed to have been incurred in service on the basis of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically PTSD, is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the claimed stressors.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disorder. The claims of service connection for PTSD and depression, as well as sinus disorder, remain in their initial stages without further development.

The Board has remanded the case for further action, including scheduling a hearing and obtaining employment records from the Tuskegee VAMC.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to insufficient evidence regarding the onset and relationship of any psychiatric disorder to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia warrants a rating of 100 percent, effective September 11, 2004. As this decision grants an increased rating for schizophrenia, the claim for TDIU is moot and therefore dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for PTSD and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD due to her failure to appear for a scheduled VA examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed psychiatric disability, including post traumatic stress disorder, did not arise during or as a result of his military service.

The Board found no evidence of current neurological or psychiatric disability and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for depression, memory loss due to Gulf War service, and numbness of the right side and leg due to Gulf War service. The effective dates are set at November 18, 1993.

The VA determined that the veteran's schizophrenia does not render her unemployable due to service-connected disability.

The case is being remanded for further development, including obtaining records of mental health treatment during service and scheduling a VA visual examination to assess the severity of pterygium and determine the etiology of bilateral visual disability.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous disorder, including schizophrenia, based on new and material evidence submitted since the August 1986 decision. The case is remanded to determine if there is a link between the veteran's nervous disorder and his military service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including duodenal ulcer disease, a psychiatric disorder, essential hypertension, chronic renal disease, left knee disability, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, ganglion cyst of the right wrist, hepatitis C, and hyperlipidemia. The decision also remanded the issue of service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that there is a need for further VA examination and development of the record to determine if the veteran's service-connected disabilities have resulted in a psychiatric disorder, and whether his low back disability warrants an increased rating. The case is being remanded for these purposes.

The Board found that the veteran's substantive appeal of the May 2000 rating decision was not timely filed, and thus his appellate rights regarding this decision expired.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depression, did not originate during service or is otherwise attributable to any incident, injury, or disease of active service. The claim for fibromyalgia was also denied as there is no evidence linking it to service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia is likely to have been incurred in active military service, and it may be presumed due to its onset within a year of separation from service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation due to inconsistencies in the evidence and the need for a VA psychiatric examination.