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
- Not verified here — check the original 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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than paranoid schizophrenia, to include substance abuse disorders and PTSD, as secondary to the already service-connected paranoid schizophrenia. Service connection for PTSD is also granted based on evidence of record at least in equipoise with the claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion that addresses whether the Veteran's diagnosed conditions of paranoid schizophrenia and insomnia are related to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran was granted an award of special monthly compensation (SMC) based on his service-connected paranoid schizophrenia and renal cancer, but the appeal for a higher level of SMC due to the need for a higher level of care in addition to regular aid and attendance was denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran is found incompetent to handle her VA funds due to multiple psychiatric symptoms and frequent hospitalizations, despite receiving 100% disability pay.
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