Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's claim for a permanent and total disability rating for VA pension purposes was denied due to his failure to report for scheduled examinations without explanation, and the evidence did not show that his innocently acquired disabilities rendered him permanently and totally disabled.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for schizophrenia, which was previously denied in 1984. The veteran's current diagnosis of schizophrenia is attributed to his service.

The VA determined that there is no evidence of a current acquired psychiatric disorder related to the veteran's service, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a travel board hearing. The issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 50 percent for schizophrenia, paranoid type and entitlement to TDIU remain before the Board.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for ear pain and a psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no legal basis to grant these claims due to lack of evidence linking current disabilities to military service.

The Board has found that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disability attributable to military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, finding that there is no convincing evidence to show that his current condition was caused by any incident or event of service or any service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current residuals of a head injury incurred in service, and thus cannot establish service connection for this condition. The claim for schizophrenia is not before the Board on appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that it did not occur during active duty and was not caused by or aggravated by any service-connected condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic condition during or within one year after service and no competent evidence linking current symptoms to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, finding that there is no current diagnosis of PTSD and insufficient evidence to establish a link between any diagnosed condition and military service.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder had its onset during her active service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new evidence showing that his schizophrenia preexisted service but was aggravated by military service. However, a VA psychiatrist concluded that the disorder did not worsen during service.

The Board granted an effective date of August 30, 1993 for the award of a 100 percent schedular evaluation for the veteran's paranoid-type schizophrenia.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeal due to his death, and therefore there are no merits to adjudicate.

The Board found that the June 28, 1989 rating decision did not involve clear and unmistakable error in reducing the veteran's disability evaluation for his service-connected psychiatric disorders from 100% to zero percent.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, was denied as the earliest date on which he filed a claim is July 26, 1999.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is not due to or a result of his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.

The veteran's appeal is about the effective date for a 100 percent rating for his service-connected undifferentiated type schizophrenic reaction. The Board has ordered remand to consider whether earlier hospitalizations in 1997 constituted an informal claim and if the July 19, 1979 letter constituted a Notice of Disagreement regarding a prior reduction in disability rating.