Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral shoulder disability, hypertension, hepatitis B and C, and a psychiatric disorder. The evidence did not show that any of these conditions were incurred in service or related to military service.

The Board has granted a 100% evaluation for the veteran's service-connected paranoid type schizophrenia, finding that his disability picture more nearly approximates total occupational and social impairment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's dysthymia, an acquired psychiatric disorder, was incurred in active service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating, finding that new evidence did not reopen his low back disorder claim and that arthritis of the right leg, cervical spine disorder, and psychiatric disorder were not related to service or a service-connected condition. The residuals of a right ankle sprain were rated at 20%.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (to include depression) and a respiratory disorder (to include COPD), finding no evidence of such conditions in service or related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, heart disease, and a psychiatric disorder in May 1987. The decision is being reviewed on grounds of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia had its onset during service and is therefore granted service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for her chronic back disability, new and material evidence to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for depression and anxiety, and service connection for PTSD. The issues regarding pain and numbness of the left upper extremity were also denied.

The veteran's psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as agoraphobia with panic attacks, is found to be proximately due to or the result of her service-connected multiple uterine fibroids. The left hip and leg disability is not considered service connected.

The veteran's claims for service connection were denied as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claims. The RO also denied service connection for a disability of the lower extremities.

The Board found no evidence of a respiratory or psychiatric disorder during service, and the weight of the evidence is against a conclusion that any current conditions are etiologically related to service.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, service connection for cause of the veteran's death, and an earlier effective date for a total rating due to unemployability based on CUE in a March 1982 RO rating decision.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed psychiatric disability and seizure disorder were not incurred or aggravated by service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred in service. The back and neck disabilities are also not established as being related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for schizophrenia, paranoid type. The claim for entitlement to TDIU was also denied due to lack of evidence from the missed August 2001 VA mental disorders examination.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's claimed acquired psychiatric disorder to his military service and denied the claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including arthritis, chest pain, and a psychiatric disorder (claimed as depressive disorder), were not incurred or aggravated during his period of active service. The claims for service connection have been denied.

The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claims for bilateral hearing loss and a psychiatric disorder, but denied reopening of the claim for service connection for a back disability.,Service connection was granted for bilateral hearing loss as it is presumed incurred due to military service. The psychiatric disorders are secondary to the service-connected hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a left eye disorder, right eye disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), right hip disorder, and residuals of a right fibula fracture. The decision also addressed his claim for an increased disability rating for service-connected disabilities and whether he was entitled to a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was incurred in active service and granted service connection.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The evidence submitted since the 1982 decision does not address whether the veteran's pre-existing psychiatric disability was aggravated during her short active duty service.