Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder. However, the claims for all other conditions remain denied as there is no current evidence of these disorders or their association with active military service.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, which will now be reviewed on its merits.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia and depression, was not evident in service or for years later and is not related to any incident of service.

The Board granted service connection for paranoid schizophrenia effective January 31, 1992. The veteran's claim was reopened in 1992 and the effective date is based on when the claim to reopen was received.

The Board found that the veteran's schizophrenia preexisted service and was not aggravated therein. The appellant is seeking to reopen her claim for service connection, but the evidence submitted does not meet the criteria for new and material evidence.

The Board denied the appellant's petition to reopen her claim for entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The veteran's psychiatric disability, which pre-existed his hospitalization in June 1992, was aggravated by the involuntary confinement and non-consensual administration of medication during his VA treatment. This aggravation resulted in additional disability.

The Board has granted service connection for schizophrenia, but assigned an effective date of February 24, 1997. The veteran is entitled to this effective date as it marks the earliest date on which entitlement arose.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that it did not occur during any period of active duty or ACDUTRA.

The Board found no evidence of a psychiatric disorder prior to 1986, and the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that his failure to respond to requests for information constituted abandonment of the claim.

The Board has denied all the veteran's claims for service connection, finding that none of his claimed conditions are related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that there was no diagnosis or treatment of a psychiatric disability in service or within one year after service and without a credible nexus opinion relating a current psychiatric disability to active service.

The claims for service connection for a seizure disorder and a psychiatric disorder were denied as new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim for a heart disorder, and also found that the acquired psychiatric disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board found no evidence of an acquired psychiatric disability during or within one year after service, and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as bipolar disorder. The veteran's current diagnosis is schizophrenia, paranoid type.

The veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and gastrointestinal disorders have been denied as they are not related to his military service or any service-connected conditions.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that his lung cancer was not related to service or a service-connected disability.