Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's claims for an increased rating for his fractured fingers and service connection for his psychiatric disorder were both denied. The Board found no chronic residuals of the fractures, no evidence of a current psychiatric disorder, and insufficient medical nexus between military service and any diagnosed conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder secondary to her service-connected left knee disorder, finding no evidence that she had such a condition.

The Board found that the veteran does not have depression, paranoid schizophrenia, or PTSD that is attributable to military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran likely has PTSD due to his experiences in Vietnam, and therefore service connection is granted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, finding no evidence of a pre-service or in-service psychiatric disorder and concluding that any current psychiatric condition is not related to military service.

The Board found no evidence of a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder during service or post-service, and the appellant's claimed alcohol and drug abuse is due to willful misconduct. Therefore, service connection was denied.

The Board denied reopening the claims of service connection for a back disability and a nervous disability, including paranoid schizophrenia due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the claim of service connection for psychiatric disability, including PTSD and depression in June 2001 due to lack of a current diagnosis.

The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including organic brain syndrome and mental retardation, but denied all other claims due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's current diagnosis of schizophrenia, which began during his military service, is related to his active duty. Therefore, the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted.

The Board found that the cause of death, a pulmonary embolus, was not caused or contributed to by service-connected conditions. The right arm disability and schizophrenia were deemed unrelated to the veteran's death.

The veteran's schizophrenia is rated at a 100 percent disability evaluation, effective from the date of his original claim for service connection. His claim for total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability is dismissed as moot.

The veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death.

The veteran does not meet the criteria for vocational rehabilitation benefits due to his service-connected prostatitis and nonservice-connected low back pain, headaches, and schizophrenia. His employment handicap is not caused by his service-connected disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been received since the August 1992 decision.

The Board found that the veteran does not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there is no evidence of a nexus between any psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, and his military service. Therefore, service connection was denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's psychiatric disability, depression, is caused by her service-connected lumbosacral strain. The rating for lumbosacral strain has been increased to 40 percent.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia due to new evidence submitted since the final denial in 1989.

The Board finds that the veteran's current schizophrenia had its onset during active service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder) is related to her military service and grants service connection for this condition.