Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been added to the record since September 1997, thus denying the application to reopen the claim for service connection for schizophrenia.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and verifying the appellant's service history. The issues of service connection for a neuropsychiatric disability and TDIU are also being addressed.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's psychiatric disability and did not grant an initial rating higher than 20 percent for his back disability. The appeal is based on disagreement with the original ratings awarded.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than March 23, 1970 for a 100% rating for schizophrenia and denied entitlement to an increased rating for urethral stricture.

The Board denied reopening the veteran's claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder and earlier effective date for a left third finger disability.,No new evidence was submitted to support either claim.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for a back disability and a psychiatric disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disorder, specifically schizophrenia, warrants a 100 percent rating from February 25, 1991, to June 2, 1996.

The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia. The case is being remanded for further development and consideration.

The Board found that the overpayment of temporary total compensation benefits was not improperly created and denied the veteran's appeal.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that it is not related to his service and cannot be attributed to an undiagnosed illness.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia began in service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for PTSD and another type of psychiatric disorder including schizophrenia. The claim for PTSD is granted, while the claim for schizophrenia remains denied.

The RO denied reopening the claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder in March 1991, and no new and material evidence has been submitted since then.

The Board denied the appellant's claim to reopen his service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the new evidence submitted was not material and did not change the outcome of the case.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia due to new and material evidence submitted since the October 1973 RO decision.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disorder, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as a result of her service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, concluding that the condition existed prior to service and was not incurred in service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, stomach ulcers, residuals of frostbite of the feet, and post-traumatic stress disorder due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or a service-connected disability.