Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased disability ratings and service connection for various conditions due to an undiagnosed illness. The evidence did not meet the criteria for any compensable evaluations or service connections.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and is remanding the case back to the RO for additional consideration.

The Board has determined that the appellant's preexisting psychiatric disorder did not increase in severity during service, and thus cannot be considered to have been aggravated by military service. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board found no evidence of a nexus between the current bilateral knee, ankle, and right foot disorders and service. The psychiatric disorder was not shown to be incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development as requested by the appellant.

The veteran's PTSD and low back disorder are both service-connected, with the PTSD being granted initially and the low back disorder receiving a higher rating.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The decision did not address the specific service-connected condition of paranoid schizophrenia, but instead focused on other conditions claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness in a Persian Gulf veteran.

The Board is remanding the case due to procedural issues related to the VCAA, and the appellant's claim may now be reconsidered.

The Board found that the veteran's back disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and denied his claim. The psychiatric disability claim is pending.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for service connection for a headache disorder and for a low back disorder. The issue of an increased rating for a right eye disability was remanded.

The Board found that the veteran's hypertension, heart murmur, and headaches were not incurred in or aggravated by service. The examiner noted that the veteran had normal blood pressure during service and his current conditions are not related to service.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, to his period of active duty for training (ACDUTRA). The claim was denied.

The case is remanded to the RO for further adjudication of service connection claims, including a VA psychiatric examination and consideration of all relevant evidence.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for back, shoulder, and leg/knee disabilities. With resolution of reasonable doubt, it is at least as likely as not that appellant's bilateral defective hearing was incurred during service.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, increased evaluation for hypertension, and compensable evaluations for residuals of a fracture of the nasal bone and a scar on the skull.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, finding that the veteran did not meet the criteria for total disability rating due to service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the veteran's conditions began many years after his active service and were not caused by any incident of service. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD was also denied.

The Board is remanding the case for additional development due to procedural errors and incomplete evidence, including a failure to consider new VCAA requirements.

The Board has granted the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenia based on new and material evidence.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder were denied in November 1968, August 1969, April 1975, and February 1987. The claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted after the February 1987 decision.