Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to new laws and regulations requiring additional development of evidence.

The Board denied the reopening of claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder (to include depression and paranoid schizophrenia) and gastroenteritis, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the claimant.

The Board has determined that further development is needed to determine the etiology of the veteran's claimed conditions and to adjudicate his increased rating claims. The RO must obtain all relevant medical records, arrange for appropriate examinations, and then consider the claims on their merits.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder due to new and material evidence submitted since the 1971 RO decision. The veteran is now entitled to a VA psychiatric examination to determine the nature, severity, etiology, and date of onset of his neuropsychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for tinea versicolor and an acquired psychiatric disorder secondary to a service-connected skin disorder. The evidence did not support these claims.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD and granted it, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the veteran suffers from PTSD resulting from combat experiences.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and a need for additional medical examination.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals found that the veteran is competent to manage his own affairs, including handling VA funds, and granted this appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no new and material evidence submitted.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and the need for further examination. The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is pending.

The veteran's claims are being remanded due to the need for a video-conference hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia. The Board will now proceed to consider whether all of the evidence, both old and new, warrants a grant of service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss and found that the appellant's psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and dysthymia, is a lifetime impairment sufficient to render him unemployable. The veteran also meets the criteria for non-service connected pension due to his disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to a finding of clear and unmistakable error in a rating decision from February 1979, which did not consider intervertebral disc syndrome. The veteran served on the Enewetak Atoll Clean Up project where he was exposed to radiation.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia is service-connected, resolving all doubts in his favor.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for gastrointestinal disorder, chronic fatigue, back and joint pain, psychiatric disorder other than PTSD (depression, anxiety), and PTSD. The reasons were that there was no medical evidence of a causal link between the veteran's symptoms and his active duty service or an undiagnosed illness.

The Board has decided to remand the case again due to questions regarding whether any current psychiatric disease is related to or the same as manifested during service. The veteran's former wife stated that he received psychiatric treatment from St. John's Hospital before his entrance into active service, but VA only requested evidence of treatment after the veteran's separation from service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and to reopen his claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to military service.

The Board has determined that the evidence is insufficient to establish service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to a psychiatric disorder, as it was not linked to his active military service.