PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2001
2,704 indexed Board decisions in 2001.
Badges describe the whole decision, not the outcome for every condition listed. An appeal can grant one issue and deny or remand another. Check the original decision for each issue; these outcomes do not predict your claim.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 70 percent evaluation, reflecting significant occupational and social impairment.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The veteran's PTSD was granted a 100% evaluation effective March 1, 2001. Service connection for a back disorder and skin condition were denied.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The VA granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent rating, but the veteran is seeking a higher initial rating.
- Whole decision: DeniedMarch 2001
The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to lack of verified stressor. The issue of entitlement to a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability is pending and not resolved.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The Board has determined that the veteran's diagnosed PTSD was incurred during his active duty service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.
- Whole decision: DeniedMarch 2001
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the 1967 and 1969 rating decisions denying service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The decision is denied.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 100% disability evaluation, effective February 9, 2000. The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date.
- Whole decision: DeniedMarch 2001
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating of epilepsy and service connection for PTSD. The decision also confirmed a previous denial of an increased rating for epilepsy, maintaining the current 20% disability evaluation.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The appellant's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation due to his bilateral frozen feet, PTSD and right thigh gunshot wound disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)March 2001
The Board has determined that the veteran's claim should be characterized as entitlement to service connection for PTSD. The case is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical records and verifying inservice stressors.
- Whole decision: DeniedMarch 2001
The VA denied a higher rating for the veteran's service-connected PTSD, finding that his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a 30 percent rating.
- Whole decision: Partly grantedMarch 2001
The veteran's PTSD symptoms, including anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep problems, have rendered him unemployable since November 7, 1995. He also had a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and experienced a myocardial infarction during VA treatment in October and November 1996.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The veteran's claim for service connection for bipolar disorder was denied as not well grounded. The RO granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50% rating, effective from April 1997.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)March 2001
The Board has remanded the case for further development to verify stressors and obtain additional medical records, including from VA facilities where the veteran received treatment. The goal is to determine if the veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)March 2001
The Board has ordered the RO to obtain the veteran's service medical records and any relevant private treatment records. They are also asked to verify a reported stressor involving bagging and transporting dead bodies during his service in Vietnam. The veteran should be provided with a VA psychiatric examination to determine if PTSD is present and related to an inservice stressor.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)March 2001
The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records from SSA and Loma Linda VAMC.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent disabling, effective from February 1994. The Board also found that the veteran was not individually unemployable due to service-connected disability prior to March 12, 1996 and a total rating based on individual unemployability is precluded thereafter.
- Whole decision: GrantedMarch 2001
The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for entitlement to service connection for ulcers, granted service connection for duodenal ulcers with a 10 percent disability rating, but denied an increased rating for hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
- Whole decision: DeniedMarch 2001
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for defective hearing in the right ear and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD. The appeals are both denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)March 2001
The veteran is seeking service connection for PTSD and a back disability. The VA has remanded the case due to new laws requiring additional development of evidence.
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