Acquired psychiatric disorder Board decisions

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for anisoscoria of the right pupil and psychiatric disability is well grounded, but not well grounded for service connection for anisoscoria of the right pupil. The veteran's service-connected disabilities have caused or aggravated his psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the case to obtain additional medical records and for further review of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for psychiatric disability.

The veteran's psychiatric disorder, currently rated at 10 percent, is not shown to meet the criteria for a higher rating under either the old or new rating criteria.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability, including PTSD, finding that he failed to submit evidence of an inservice stressor and thus did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a neck or head injury and a psychiatric disability as not well grounded, due to lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to incidents in service.

The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, as new and material evidence was not submitted.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than June 19, 1991, for a compensable rating for service-connected atrophy of the right testicle and his application to reopen a claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder secondary to service-connected atrophy of the right testicle. The Board has also remanded his claim for an increased rating for atrophy of the right testicle.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and gastrointestinal disorder, finding that there was no competent evidence linking these conditions to service or any service-connected condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for hearing loss and an undiagnosed illness, finding no current evidence of a hearing loss disability. The claim for an undiagnosed illness was not well-grounded due to lack of medical evidence showing signs or symptoms of such an illness.

The Board previously denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a psychiatric disability. The case is being remanded due to new legal standards and the need for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records from 1973 and 1974.

The Board has determined that the veteran's schizophrenia, a psychiatric disability, was incurred during active service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted a 70 percent evaluation for the appellant's service-connected depressive neurosis, schizophrenia, and dysthymic disorder.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral defective hearing, heart disorder, and an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD). However, the claim of service connection for these conditions remains denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking any current disability to service.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim due to new and material evidence, but denied her request for VA benefits as she did not meet the criteria of being permanently incapable of self-support before reaching age 18.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for schizophrenia, which was previously denied in 1980. The reopened claim is now considered well-grounded.

The Board granted a 100% rating for schizophrenia effective December 9, 1997, finding that the veteran's disability was productive of more than considerable social and industrial impairment.

The veteran's claims for service connection and secondary service connection are being remanded due to the need to obtain VA medical treatment records.

The Board has found that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for an innocently acquired psychiatric disorder. The veteran's claim is now considered in light of all available evidence.

The veteran's claims for increased evaluations of his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and bilateral hearing loss, as well as a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, were denied because the veteran failed to appear for scheduled VA examinations.

The veteran's claim for an effective date of payment of 50 percent disability compensation benefits for service-connected schizophreniform psychosis prior to August 1, 1994 was denied by the VA Regional Office.