PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2001

The veteran's service-connected PTSD renders him unemployable, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The veteran is entitled to a 70 percent evaluation for his post-traumatic stress disorder, effective from November 10, 1998.

The VA has determined that the veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder warrants a rating of 50 percent, effective from the date of this decision.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD. The RO is now required to verify the stressors reported by the veteran and determine if they occurred during his military service, with a view towards establishing service connection.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for PTSD and Paranoid Schizophrenia, finding that new evidence supports these claims. The veteran is now entitled to service connection for PTSD due to his in-service exposure to a ship fire.

The Board found that the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than March 18, 1998 was legally impossible due to lack of factual ascertainability within one year prior to his application. The earliest effective date granted by the RO is March 18, 1998.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent disability evaluation, effective June 19, 1995. However, the veteran's appeal is about his ability to work due to PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 10 percent prior to September 29, 1997; 50 percent from September 29, 1997 to November 2, 1999; and 70 percent on and after November 2, 1999.,The veteran's PTSD did not meet the criteria for a higher rating at any point.

The veteran's PTSD has been rated at 50 percent since January 13, 1995. The Board is unable to determine if the rating should be higher or lower for different periods.

The veteran has withdrawn his appeal, leaving no issues for the Board to consider.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and substance abuse secondary to PTSD due to insufficient evidence of verified in-service stressors.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for PTSD was granted, with the current effective date being February 9, 1996.

The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is rated at 50 percent, and his gunshot wounds to the right hand and left foot are each rated at 10 percent. The ratings have been granted.

The veteran's PTSD has resulted in total occupational and social impairment since at least March 2, 1998. The VA Board granted a higher evaluation of 70 percent for PTSD effective from March 2, 1998.

The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of service connection for PTSD, finding that the new evidence did not provide any information that was previously unavailable and thus did not constitute 'new and material' evidence.

The Board has granted a 30 percent disability evaluation for the veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder, which was previously rated at 10 percent. The decision is based on the veteran's occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to an effective date prior to November 25, 1997 for a 100 percent rating for PTSD. The criteria were not met until that date.

The veteran's PTSD was found to warrant a 70 percent evaluation from April 20, 1999 and denied for an increased rating. The VA determined that the veteran is unemployable due to his service-connected PTSD.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The case was remanded multiple times due to various issues and is now being reconsidered.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD due to new and material evidence submitted since the May 1990 RO decision. The veteran's diagnosed PTSD is shown to have been based on verified in-service stressors.