PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2000

The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia were not incurred or aggravated by VA treatment, leading to a denial of compensation benefits.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 10% disability rating effective March 18, 1997. The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date.

The VA determined that there is no competent medical evidence to establish the veteran has post-traumatic stress disorder, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance or at the housebound rate is denied due to his inability to meet the criteria, including having a single permanent disability rated 100% disabling.

The VA has determined that the veteran's PTSD is productive of mild anxiety symptoms which do not significantly impair occupational or social functioning. The RO assigned a 10 percent rating for PTSD, and the Board finds this to be appropriate given the current level of impairment.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD. The veteran's claim is well-grounded as there is no competent evidence of stressor corroboration to support a diagnosis of PTSD resulting from military service.

The Board dismissed the appeal because the veteran did not file a timely substantive appeal of the April 1997 decision denying an increased rating for PTSD.

The Board granted the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was supporting evidence corroborating his in-service stressors and extending the benefit of doubt to him.

The Board found the veteran's claim well-grounded, with evidence of a current disability (post-traumatic stress disorder) and a nexus to his active service. The case was remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no competent medical evidence of a current diagnosis and linking any current psychiatric disorder to pre-existing conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of reopening his service connection for PTSD due to lack of a medical nexus between his diagnosed PTSD and his military service.

The Board denied reopening of the claims for varicose veins, right leg injury residuals, and psychiatric disability (including PTSD) due to lack of new and material evidence.

The veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder has been granted, with a current rating of 50 percent.

The Board found that the veteran does not have post-traumatic stress disorder, and there is no evidence linking lupus to service or exposure to herbicide agents. The claims for headaches and a disorder of the extremities are also denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as he did not engage in combat and there is no credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent disabling, reflecting total social and industrial impairment.

The Board has determined that the veteran was exposed to in-service stressors and has established service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD and Colitis, finding new and material evidence. The claim of service connection for PTSD is well grounded, while the claim of service connection for Colitis does not have sufficient new evidence to reopen.

The Board has granted a 10 percent evaluation for scars, for incision and drainage of abscess, left hand. The claim for an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder is remanded.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied due to lack of corroborated stressor. The veteran's case is dismissed without prejudice regarding the pension rating issue.