Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for a right knee disability, bilateral foot disability, acquired psychiatric disability (to include depression), or sleep disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to issues related to service connection for a psychiatric disorder and a back disorder. The veteran served in the Persian Gulf during his active duty.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder is of service origin and grants entitlement to service connection.

The Board has determined that there is insufficient evidence to substantiate the veteran's claimed in-service stressor, and therefore service connection for PTSD cannot be granted.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to failure to provide proper VCAA notice.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding no evidence of a psychosis to a degree of 10% or more within one year after discharge from active duty. The Board also found no objective evidence linking the schizophrenia to service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, characterized as chronic anxiety. The veteran's previous denial was based on lack of evidence in service records.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal because his earlier effective date claim was not timely filed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric, eye, and back disabilities. The evidence received since the last denial did not provide new or material evidence to support these claims.

The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed and a VA examination by a board of three psychiatrists is required to determine the relationship between the appellant's current psychiatric disorder and her military service, including an in-service diagnosis of adjustment disorder. The claim will be remanded for these actions.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for a psychiatric disability. The case is remanded for further development.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical records and the need for a VA physician's opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's current Hepatitis C diagnosis and his military service.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and examination, including a Gulf War physical examination.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, claimed as mental cruelty, was denied because there is no current medical diagnosis of such a disability.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for restoration of a total evaluation based on individual unemployability and an increased evaluation for his service-connected psychiatric disorder, citing insufficient evidence of his employability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 9, 1997 for a grant of service connection for a psychiatric disorder based on CUE in their 1985 decision.

The Board found that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder did not have its onset during service or within one year thereafter, and is not related to any in-service disease or injury. Therefore, the claim for service connection was denied.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for the issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertension prior to a decision being made by the Board.

The veteran is seeking service connection for schizophrenia, which he claims first manifested during his active duty. The Board finds that additional evidence is needed to substantiate this claim and remands the case for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.