Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which was previously denied in August 1997.

The veteran's claims for hepatitis C and a psychiatric disorder are being remanded to the RO for further adjudication, including scheduling of a personal hearing before a Member of the Board.

The March 1993 rating decision granted a 50 percent disability evaluation for schizophrenia, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board found that the veteran's overpayment of disability pension benefits was not against the principles of equity and good conscience, as he was at fault in creating the debt by failing to report his civil service annuity income. The decision granted waiver of recovery of the overpayment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder, finding that he did not have such a condition as a result of his military service.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically paranoid schizophrenia, was not incurred in or aggravated by service and could not be presumed to have been incurred therein. The claim for service connection was denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including schizophrenia, and PTSD. The TDIU claim was also denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a psychiatric disorder and loss of bladder control, finding no evidence to support these claims.

The Board has determined that the appellant's paranoid schizophrenia warrants a 70 percent evaluation, and his claim for total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability is granted.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. His diabetes mellitus is currently rated as noncompensable, his psychiatric disorder other than PTSD was not found to be related to service or secondary to diabetes, and he does not have a diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board has granted a higher rating of 40 percent for the service-connected lumbosacral strain, and it is unclear whether new evidence supports reopening the claim for psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for direct service connection for an acquired neuropsychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and for reopening a claim of service connection for anxiety neurosis with depression as secondary to bronchial asthma. The Board found that the evidence did not support these claims.

The Board has determined that there is not sufficient evidence to establish service connection for photophobia or a low back disorder. The veteran's claims have been denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia and PTSD, as new and material evidence had not been submitted.

The Board granted service connection for schizophrenia and residuals of enucleation of the right eye, but denied earlier effective dates.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for schizophrenia, which was previously denied in July 1995. The reopened claim will now be reviewed on its merits.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including schizophrenia, bilateral hearing loss, chronic muscular strain with tendonitis of the shoulders, chronic synovitis with ulnar nerve irritation of the elbows, moderate and chronic synovitis of the hands and wrists, a pulmonary disorder, and skin rashes. The Board found that none of these claims were legally merited.

The Board has decided to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for psychiatric disability and granted it, finding new and material evidence. The reopened claim is now considered on its merits.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received, allowing the reopening of the claim for service connection for psychiatric disability.

The Board found that the veteran's personality disorder and acquired psychiatric disorder to include schizophrenia were not incurred in or aggravated by service, nor may they be presumed to have manifested within one year of separation from service. The veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder to include schizophrenia is not causally related to service.