PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2000

The veteran's unemployability due to PTSD has been established, and he is granted a 100 percent rating for his service-connected PTSD.

The VA has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30 percent rating, effective from July 10, 1998.

The RO denied service connection for PTSD, residuals of a right knee injury, and a scar on the left middle finger.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination and consideration of prior regulations.

The Board found that the claim for service connection for PTSD is not well-grounded due to a lack of medical evidence linking the veteran's current PTSD to his active service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current psychoneurotic disorder is related to his service in World War II, and thus grants service connection for this condition. The claim for an increased rating for peptic ulcer disease will be addressed in a separate decision.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and assigned a 10 percent evaluation effective from May 10, 1995.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied because there were no credible in-service stressful experiences and the diagnoses of PTSD were based on unsubstantiated military history.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and a VA examination.

The veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss was not well-grounded. The claim for an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder was granted, with a 30 percent evaluation effective from January 15, 1999.

The Board has granted a 100% rating for PTSD effective from March 27, 1992, finding that the veteran was totally disabled due to PTSD symptoms since then.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 100 percent disabling since the effective date of service connection, due to severe impairment in social and occupational functioning.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 50 percent rating, effective from August 5, 1999.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of the 70 percent PTSD evaluation is denied. The RO has not yet issued a statement of the case in response to the veteran's notice of disagreement with the assignment of a 70 percent schedular evaluation.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of no more than deficiencies in most areas such as work and family relations, warranting a current 70 percent rating.

The Board found that there is no medical evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD, and thus the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is not well-grounded.

The Board finds that the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD is not well grounded, and thus denied. The claim for a compensable evaluation for PTSD also results in a denial.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD. The claim is well grounded as there is a suggestion by competent authority that the veteran has PTSD related to military service in Vietnam.

The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for the veteran's cause of death is not well grounded, as there is no medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's service and his death.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The appeal is based on allegations that PTSD was caused by stressful incidents during his military service, but there is no evidence to corroborate these claims. As a result, the decision remains in favor of denial.