PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2000

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, effective from October 1995. He also has a 70 percent rating for his PTSD with dysthymia. The Board granted the veteran a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's lumbar disc syndrome with post-operative residuals is currently rated at 60 percent, which is the maximum evaluation provided for under applicable schedular criteria. The veteran's PTSD claim will be remanded to obtain SSA records.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of PTSD and found that he is entitled to benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for hepatitis C due to VA hospitalization in November 1991.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD does not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound.

The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD related to active service and denied the veteran's claims for both PTSD and drug addiction. The claim for drug addiction was denied as it is barred by law due to its being a result of the veteran's own abuse of alcohol or drugs.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection have been denied as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen any of the previously denied claims.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 10 percent, and his residuals of a left foot fracture are not compensable.

The veteran's bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder increased in severity as a result of conflicts with staff at the VA golf course, leading to an exacerbation of his conditions. The Board found that these aggravations were due to VA treatment.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was not incurred as a result of service, and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD effective May 12, 1997. The veteran's claim of service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine is well-grounded.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, effective March 1, 1998. The Board finds that the veteran's condition warrants a 100 percent evaluation prior to March 1, 1998.

The Board has determined that the veteran is demonstrably unemployable due to PTSD, warranting a 100% schedular evaluation from April 2, 1993.

The RO&IC granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30% evaluation, effective July 11, 2000. The rating for hypertension was not addressed in this decision.

The Board found no evidence of PTSD and denied the claim as not well-grounded.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent schedular rating for PTSD, finding that there is no legal basis for such a claim given the finality of prior decisions.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 10 percent, and his right elbow scar does not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation.

The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD and left leg disorder are service-connected as secondary to his service-connected spondylolisthesis. The rating for spondylolisthesis remains at 20 percent.

The veteran's PTSD has been productive of totally incapacitating psychiatric symptomatology since August 18, 1998. Prior to that date, his PTSD did not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 50 percent.