Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran is demonstrably unable to obtain or retain employment due to his undifferentiated-type schizophrenia with PTSD, and the Board has granted a 100 percent schedular evaluation for this condition.

The Board has determined that the apportionment of $112 per month for the veteran's minor child, DMD, is proper and does not cause financial hardship on the veteran.

The Board denied the appellant's claim as a helpless child of a veteran due to lack of evidence showing he was permanently incapable of self-support prior to his 18th birthday.

The Board has restored the appellant's 100 percent schedular rating for schizophrenia, effective from April 1, 1998.

The veteran is seeking service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The VA has not provided adequate development of the evidence, including scheduling him for a VA examination and obtaining his medical records.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for paranoid schizophrenia, which was previously denied in July 1974. The case is now remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia. The veteran's application is now considered on its merits.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining medical records and arranging for a VA examination.

The veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for schizophrenia is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and a detailed opinion from a VA psychiatrist.

The veteran's claim for a TDIU rating was denied as the effective date cannot be earlier than September 29, 1999 due to the lack of evidence showing unemployability within one year prior to the claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's respiratory disorder, including rhinosinusitis and residuals of a septoplasty, was incurred in or aggravated by service. The psychiatric disorder is also considered to have had its onset during service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, manifested by auditory hallucinations and other persistent thought disturbances, warrants a 100 percent disability rating due to its severe impairment of social and industrial adaptability.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for schizophrenia and PTSD, finding new and material evidence. Service connection is granted for schizophrenia but not for PTSD, stomach disability, back disability, asthma, or hypertension.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for scheduling a hearing before a Member of the Board and further development. The appellant's claim will be considered based on whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen his service connection claim for schizophrenia.

The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that these conditions are related to his active duty service. The effective dates of these grants have not been determined.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (chronic depressive disorder) and a back disorder, but denied service connection for the veteran's anxiety reaction and organic mood disorder with psychotic features. The right leg shell fragment wound residuals are currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.

The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied. The RO found no current evidence of the claimed disabilities.

The Board denied a request for an effective date prior to June 20, 2001, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for service-connected paranoid schizophrenia.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and ensuring compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000. The claims will be readjudicated based on all applicable laws and regulations.

The Board denied the claim for basic eligibility for VA compensation benefits because the appellant did not have qualifying service to establish veteran status.