Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining relevant medical records and scheduling a VA examination. The claims will be re-adjudicated based on whether new and material evidence has been obtained to reopen the psychiatric disorder claim.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions and records to determine if service connection can be established for a back disorder, psychiatric disorder, and diabetes mellitus.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to issues arising from the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA). The claims include service connection, compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, special monthly pension, and entitlement to an automobile and adaptive equipment.

The Board is remanding the case to ensure compliance with the Court's Remand Order, including providing proper VCAA notice and readjudicating the claim.

The veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting VA examinations.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability. However, it denied the underlying claim for service connection due to a lack of competent medical evidence linking any current psychiatric disorder to active military service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to the need to comply with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act (VCAA). The issues on appeal include service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, increased rating for uveitis/iritis, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims of increased evaluation for bronchitis and reopening of his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder secondary to bronchitis due to new evidence received since the last rating decision.

The Board has reopened the veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to new and material evidence received since the April 1999 denial.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder due to new evidence submitted since the last denial, and it is now considered that the condition may be related to service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluation and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, finding that his psychiatric disorder is not related to service or his service-connected back disability.

The Board denied the application to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia.

The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, last diagnosed as major depression.,Service connection was denied for an eye disorder due to the absence of evidence showing it was incurred during active duty.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of back disability, schizophrenia, pes planus, allergies, PTSD, and left knee disability. The decision also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen these previously denied claims.

The veteran is seeking service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including a personality disorder. The Board has ordered additional development to obtain relevant medical records and determine the etiology of any current psychiatric disability.

The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination. The appeal will be remanded for these actions.

The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case due to pending issues regarding service connection for a back disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The appeal is currently remanded for additional evidence collection.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. The veteran's gout was rated at 40 percent based on its active process.

The Board found that the veteran's mental disorder was not incurred or aggravated during his military service and is not related to any service-connected disability. The veteran also failed to meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes due to his age, occupation background, and other factors.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder of paranoid schizophrenia, finding that the veteran's current diagnosis is etiologically related to his period of active duty for training from December 1976 to July 1977. The issue of PTSD remains pending.