Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's son, F.R.R., is a helpless child due to permanent incapacity for self-support prior to reaching the age of 18 years. The evidence shows he was permanently incapable of self-support by reason of his mental conditions (ADHD and schizophrenia) and asthma.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's delusional disorder, which manifested during his last years of service, is related to his military service and grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence was presented to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The veteran's current psychiatric disorders are related to his service, while his PTSD is not linked to any incident of service.

The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding no new and material evidence had been submitted since a final decision in August 1988.

The Board has granted a 100 percent schedular rating for the veteran's service-connected chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia with depression, finding that his disability results in total social and occupational impairment.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder, characterized as adjustment disorder with history of dysthymic disorder, warrants a 50% disability rating.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 14, 1997 for the grant of service connection for a psychiatric disorder was denied as there is no legal basis to award such a retroactive effective date.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, was not incurred in service and denied his claim.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder did not have its onset in service and was not manifest within one year thereafter. The Board also determined that the acquired psychiatric disability is not causally or etiologically related to and has not been aggravated by his service-connected low back disability.

The Board denied the claim in 1999, and the Court affirmed this decision. The veteran submitted new evidence claiming his current psychiatric disorder is related to service. However, the VA medical opinions still do not support a connection.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and finds that it is warranted due to evidence indicating the onset of the disability during service.

The Board denied service connection for a schizophrenic reaction in April 1976, finding no evidence of a chronic psychiatric disorder during or within one year after service. The decision is not considered to contain clear and unmistakable error.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia pre-existed service and was not aggravated by service, leading to a denial of his claim.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. However, there is no credible evidence that the veteran engaged in combat with the enemy during his military service, and thus, the claimed stressors cannot be verified. The VA examiner found that the veteran does not meet the criteria for PTSD based on his current symptoms.

The Board found no competent medical evidence of a current acquired psychiatric disorder and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has restored the veteran's 100 percent evaluation for schizophrenia, finding that improvement in his condition has not been demonstrated.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that the evidence received since the December 1997 rating decision was not new and material.

The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal before a decision was made.

The VA determined that the veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia does not warrant a rating in excess of 50 percent.