Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to a need for compliance with provisions of the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA). The veteran's claims for service connection and an earlier effective date are being reviewed.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to comply with VCAA requirements.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for hypertension with cardiac disease and a mental disorder, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right leg disability and PTSD. The evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between these conditions and military service.

The veteran's request for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is being remanded due to the defective recording of his hearing testimony. He will be scheduled for another hearing before a Veterans Law Judge at the RO in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Board finds that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder is at least as likely as not to have had its onset during his military service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional examinations and records, including mental health records from service and treatment records from private facilities. The veteran's current psychiatric disability is being evaluated to determine if it is related to his military service.

The Board has granted a 100% evaluation for the veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia, which is currently rated at 50%. The issue of TDIU is dismissed as moot due to the assigned rating.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudication, including obtaining VA examinations to determine the nature and likely etiology of any claimed foot and eye disorders.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to new evidence showing diagnoses of schizophrenia and depression. The claim for chronic headaches remains denied as there is no current diagnosis or link between any diagnosed condition and military service.

The Board found that the RO's initial grant of service connection for nicotine addiction and chronic bronchitis was clearly erroneous, and thus severed this service connection. The veteran does not have hypertension or heart disease related to military service or service-connected disability. He also does not have an acquired psychiatric disability, hearing loss, tinnitus, headaches, or dizziness that are related to military service.

The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disorder is not etiologically related to service or his service-connected back disability, and thus denied both claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed stressors have been adequately verified, but there is insufficient evidence to establish a diagnosis of PTSD or any other psychiatric disorder. The case is remanded for further development and consideration.

The Board has remanded the case due to the veteran's failure to attend an RO hearing, and he is asked to provide additional evidence or argument.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's claimed service connection for PTSD. The RO is instructed to obtain additional medical records, verify stressors, and schedule a VA psychiatric examination.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various manifestations of an undiagnosed illness were denied on the merits.

The Board is remanding the veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations due to a lack of review of his claims file during the August 2002 VA examination.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and notification.

The Board found that the veteran's disability compensation benefits were properly reduced to a 10 percent rate effective October 1983 due to his incarceration, and denied the appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran's diagnosed schizophrenia is causally related to his service-connected residuals of head trauma, and granted service connection for this condition.