Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disability, specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant, and financial assistance in the purchase of an automobile and adaptive equipment due to lack of evidence meeting the criteria for these benefits.

The VA denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and granted service connection for residuals of fracture of the nose with a 10% rating effective December 5, 1995. The veteran's request for a personal hearing before a member of the Board was addressed.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to rate the veteran's disability from his nonservice-connected mental disorder and to distinguish it from his history of alcohol abuse. The veteran will be scheduled for a VA examination to determine the nature and extent of his disability, as well as the cause of his malnutrition and wasting syndrome.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for psychiatric disability, finding that new and material evidence had not been received. The veteran argued his schizophrenia was related to service, but the newly submitted medical evidence did not provide a basis for reopening the previously disallowed claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder is well-grounded and grants this claim.

The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his military service, thus denying both claims for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric, neurological, respiratory, and vision disorders are not well grounded as there is no credible evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no evidence linking the veteran's current psychiatric condition to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for his psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no evidence showing a direct relationship between his in-service symptoms and his current condition.

The veteran is dissatisfied with the initial 30 percent rating assigned for schizophrenia, paranoid type and has requested a higher rating. The case must be remanded to determine which criteria (old or new) is more favorable to the veteran.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration due to new evidence submitted by the veteran's representative.

The Board found that the veteran's paranoid schizophrenia was not incurred in or aggravated during his active service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.

The veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and esophageal disorder is well-grounded. The Board has found that the veteran had a current diagnosis of globus hystericus, which he claims was caused by his presence during Operation Dominic in 1962.

The Board granted a 60% rating for lumbar spine spondylolisthesis with stenosis and radiculopathy, effective from June 16, 1989. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was reopened but denied.

The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further action, including scheduling a video conference hearing and returning it to the Board.

The Board has granted a 100 percent schedular rating for service-connected schizophrenia, effective October 1, 2000. The veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is also granted.

The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and dysthymic disorder due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a back disorder, finding that new evidence did not provide sufficient material to reopen the claim. The appellant's current psychiatric disorder is presumed related to his military service, but there is no evidence of exposure to herbicide agents or direct service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's claim was well grounded but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, concluding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and active service.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as secondary to her service-connected right knee chondromalacia, is not well grounded and was denied.