Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's appeal is dismissed due to his death.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disorder and a psychiatric disorder. The previous decisions denying these claims are not reopened.

The Board has granted service connection for gastrointestinal and psychiatric disorders, finding that the conditions are proximately due to or the result of the veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding no evidence linking his current symptoms to his military service.

The Board found no evidence to support the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder. The case was denied as the claim is not well-grounded.

The Board found that the veteran did not have a post-traumatic stress disorder and there was no evidence linking his current psychiatric disability to his active military service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.

The Board found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, as the veteran's assertions of in-service psychotic symptoms were previously rejected by the RO.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder. The appellant's claim for accrued benefits related to skin cancer is also granted.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The case is also remanded for further development regarding an extraschedular rating for chronic actinic damage due to sun exposure.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient information regarding the claimed stressors and a lack of corroborating evidence. The appellant is required to provide detailed lists of witnesses who may have observed changes in his behavior at the time of the alleged stressor(s).

The veteran's service-connected right forearm and hand injury has been granted a 70% rating, effective from March 23, 1993. His right lower extremity radiculopathy is rated at 10%. The psychiatric disorder remains denied on the basis of direct service connection.

The Board's decision was vacated due to the veteran's death, and the appeal is dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a stomach disorder, both claimed as secondary to service-connected disabilities. The evidence did not support these claims.

The Board has granted service connection for a genitourinary disorder manifested by enuresis and bladder neck contracture, finding that the preservice condition worsened during service. Service connection was denied for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's attempt to reopen his claim for service connection for schizophrenia, finding that the new evidence submitted was not material and did not establish a link between the claimed condition and service.

The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise on whether the veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type), had its inception during active service. The decision grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding whether the veteran's psychiatric and cardiovascular disabilities are related to VA treatment.

The Board denied the veteran's attempts to reopen his claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and for disability resulting from medication used in treating such a disorder. The decision found that new and material evidence had not been submitted, and that there was no underlying service-connected condition.

The Board has determined that the veteran did not engage in combat and therefore, his lay accounts of in-service stressors are insufficient to establish the occurrence of the stressor. The unverified nature of the claimed stressor means that service connection for PTSD cannot be granted.