Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's claims for increased evaluation of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability are being remanded for additional development.

The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date prior to August 8, 1988, for the award of service connection for schizophrenia has been denied.

The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The veteran's claim is currently in the process of being reviewed.

The Board has remanded the case for further action due to incomplete development of evidence.

The Board found no evidence of a psychosis in service or within one year after separation, and there is insufficient competent medical evidence to establish a nexus between the veteran's current schizophrenia diagnosis and his military service. The claim for service connection was therefore denied.

The veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as schizophrenia, is being remanded due to the need for additional development and medical opinions.

The veteran is seeking compensation under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for multiple medical disabilities arising from experimental radiation treatment in July 1979, but his claim has been remanded due to VCAA compliance issues and need for additional evidence.

The Board granted an effective date of January 17, 2000 for the award of a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected schizophrenia with anxiety.

The Board has granted a 100 percent rating for schizophrenia effective December 1, 1993. The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date is denied.

The Board denied service connection for hepatitis, bone disability, sight disability, back disability, skin disability, and psychiatric disability due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's active military service.

The veteran's request for a video conference hearing has been granted, and the case is being remanded to the RO for scheduling this hearing.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD effective January 22, 1991, based on new evidence submitted by the veteran. The effective date was set at this point as it is considered the earliest date when entitlement arose.

The veteran's appeal is remanded to the RO for further action regarding his service connection claim for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. His bilateral varicose veins are currently rated as noncompensable prior to January 12, 1998 and separately rated at 10 percent after that date.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to incomplete development and lack of consideration of alternative sources for information regarding alleged in-service stressors.

The veteran is not entitled to VA financial assistance for the purchase of an automobile with adaptive equipment or for the purchase of adaptive equipment alone due to lack of eligibility based on his service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and primary alcoholism, finding that the veteran's conditions were not incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The veteran's claim is now considered on its merits.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder and granted it, finding that new evidence supports the reopening of the claim due to pre-existing conditions in remission prior to service. The Board also found clear and unmistakable evidence that the condition was aggravated by service.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and a need for clarification of the examiner's opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's schizophrenia and his military service.

The Board has ordered additional development to be completed in order to properly evaluate the veteran's claims, including obtaining medical records and arranging for VA examinations.