The Board denied the request to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and also denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to lack of new and material evidence, as well as failure to meet the criteria for additional disability caused by VA hospital treatment.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted did not provide a direct link between service connection and the current psychiatric conditions or establish that the veteran's tardive dyskinesia, akathisia, and dystonia were due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar incidence of fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychosis, not otherwise specified, Paranoid schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0616388
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 28, 2021, for the grant of a 100 percent rating for obsessive compulsive disorder with psychotic features and paranoid schizophrenia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, to obtain a more comprehensive medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of any diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorder(s) and/or psychoses, other than PTSD. The Veteran must be provided with a new VA examination to determine if his current conditions are related to service or alcohol abuse.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD or other acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the current conditions are not related to any in-service event and there is no credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor.
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