Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The veteran's asthma, thoracic spine injury, folliculitis of scalp and pityriasis rosea of back are all rated at the minimum level. The claim for PTSD is not well-grounded, and service connection for chronic gum disease and plantar fasciitis of left foot (claimed as a left foot disorder) is also not well-grounded.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including cardiovascular disability and psychiatric disability. The evidence does not support a finding of new and material evidence to reopen these claims.

The veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and residuals of a head injury are denied, as well as the claim to reopen his psychiatric disability. The evidence received since the February 1992 rating action is not new and material.

The VA determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, which is currently rated at 10 percent disabling, does not meet the criteria for a higher rating due to no current active symptoms and no occupational or social impairment.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder, had its onset during active military service and granted service connection for this condition.

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

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking any current diagnosed condition to his military service.

The Board has determined that the appellant's claims are well grounded and remands the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical records and a social and industrial survey.

The Board found no current diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenic reaction and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence, including a VA examination report indicating that it is at least as likely as not that any diagnosed psychiatric disorder pre-existing service was aggravated by service. The case will be remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a respiratory condition, neuropsychiatric condition and headache secondary to a pterygium. The claim for increased evaluation of pterygium was also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of evidence linking his current disabilities to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability. The decision is being denied as there was no clear and unmistakable error in the original decisions.

The Board finds that the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is not well grounded, and thus denied. The claim for a compensable evaluation for PTSD also results in a denial.

The Board finds that the veteran's psychiatric disorder was incurred in or related to active service and grants service connection for a psychiatric disorder.

The VA denied increased evaluations for paranoid-type schizophrenia and malaria. The veteran's paranoid-type schizophrenia is currently rated at 30 percent, while his malaria has no current disability rating.

The Board denied service connection for a neuropsychiatric disorder and residuals of right hand injury, as well as an increased evaluation for lumbar paravertebral myositis. The veteran's claims were not well-grounded.

The veteran's petition to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder was denied, and the RO awarded nonservice-connected pension benefits effective December 12, 1994. The veteran contends that the effective date should be earlier.

The appeal is dismissed as the underlying effective date claim is moot due to a grant of clear and unmistakable error in an April 1990 Board decision, which effectively eliminated the decrease from 100 percent to 70 percent.

The Board has found clear and unmistakable error in the April 1990 decision that reduced the veteran's schizophrenia disability rating from 100% to 70%. The effective date of the restoration is August 1, 1987.