Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for additional development of medical records.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD should be remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the occurrence of an inservice stressor. The case will be referred back to the RO for further development, including verification of a specific stressor and a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) denied the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no relationship between current psychiatric disability and his service, including any symptoms noted therein.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected psychiatric disorder has been dismissed due to the death of the veteran.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for schizophrenia, undifferentiated type.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizophrenia, and residuals of stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA's), finding that there is no competent medical evidence showing a nexus between these conditions and his military service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability is well-grounded and the appeal is granted to that extent.

The Board has granted the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, based on new and material evidence submitted by him.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically paranoid schizophrenia. The evidence submitted since the July 1997 RO determination was deemed insufficient to meet the criteria for reopening the claim.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and dermatitis of the hands, as well as entitlement to a compensable evaluation for residuals of a fractured left orbit. The pension disability rating was also denied.

The Board has granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disability, effective from the date of the decision.

The Board has granted service connection for dermatophytosis of the feet and denied service connection for left ear hearing loss, anxiety disorder with panic disorder and agoraphobia, and dermatophytosis of the hands. The case is remanded to obtain a psychiatric examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia is related to his service-connected migraine headaches, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's TDIU was granted, effective from September 1, 1964. The Board vacated its previous denial of TDIU in August 1989 due to the retroactive restoration of service connection for polyneuritis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for secondary service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, and for a higher rating for postoperative status, left knee replacement. The claim for secondary service connection was not well-grounded due to lack of medical evidence linking the psychiatric disorder to his service-connected knee disability. The claim for increased rating for postoperative status, left knee replacement is denied as there is no additional functional loss beyond what is already accounted for by the current 30% rating.

The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's anxiety/panic disorder, finding that it is related to her Gulf War service.

The Board found no evidence of a current disability related to service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders and an organic brain disorder as a result of drug use during service, finding that they are not well-grounded.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder on the grounds that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim. The veteran's motion argued that the April 1995 decision was incorrect because it did not consider whether prior decisions were based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The veteran's appeal to assign an effective date earlier than February 1, 1994, for a 100% disability evaluation for schizophrenia was denied.