PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2000

The veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD has been dismissed due to his death.

The Board granted a 50% rating for PTSD effective from April 25, 1994 and an earlier effective date of October 28, 2000 for the current 70% rating.

The Board found no competent evidence of PTSD and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected as it was incurred during his military service.

The veteran's PTSD results in severe, but not total, social and occupational impairment and is rated at a 70 percent disability evaluation.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent from October 18, 1996 to January 30, 1997 and increased to 70 percent effective January 30, 1997.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of verified in-service stressors and insufficient evidence supporting his diagnosis.

The Board has found the veteran's claim for PTSD well-grounded and granted service connection. The issues of prostate condition and stomach condition are pending, with a request to reopen the previously denied claim for stomach condition.

The Board found that the veteran's claim of PTSD was not well-grounded and denied it.

The veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder is not rated higher than 70 percent, and his service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent, effective from December 14, 1995. The claim for an earlier effective date was denied.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has granted a 30 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected PTSD, which was previously rated at 10 percent.

The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disability and assigned a 100% disability rating for PTSD, finding that the veteran's symptoms are severe enough to meet the criteria for total occupational and social impairment.

The veteran's appeals for increased ratings for PTSD and residuals of a shell fragment wound to the right arm were denied by the RO. The case is being returned to the RO for scheduling a videoconference hearing before a Member of the Board.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD is being remanded to the RO for additional development of his medical records and consideration.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD. The veteran presented a new stressor incident, which was not previously considered.

The veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for PTSD was granted, with the current rating effective from July 1997.

The Board found that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, can be traced back to his service and granted service connection.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD with paranoid schizophrenia effective February 18, 2000. The veteran's claim was reopened due to new and material evidence submitted in 1992.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD.