PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2001

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of a skull fracture with concussion, finding that his headaches were symptoms of the service-connected condition and not separate disabilities.

The Board has granted an initial 20 percent evaluation for the veteran's shell fragment wound of the left gluteus maximus muscle, effective from November 1999. The claim for PTSD remains pending.

The Board has determined that the claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD should be remanded due to insufficient evidence and need for further development.

The Board has granted an increased disability rating for PTSD and has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for arthritis, but denied the request for a higher rating.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is productive of occupational and social impairment, warranting a 70 percent rating.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a PTSD rating in excess of 30 percent is denied. The RO has already assigned the highest possible disability rating (100%) as of May 18, 1999.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of April 5, 2000, for a total disability evaluation for PTSD.

The VA denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD as a result of military service and denied his claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD more closely approximates the criteria for a 70 percent rating, warranting an increased disability evaluation. The veteran is also granted total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, disability manifested by high cholesterol, stomach disorder, deviated nasal septum, headaches, sinus disorder, and residuals of a cold injury due to lack of evidence supporting these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD. Further development is needed to determine if the appellant's reported stressors occurred during his military service, and whether he meets the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 50 percent disabling, and his TDIU claim has been granted.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The VA has determined that the appellant's PTSD does not warrant a rating higher than 30 percent.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 70 percent disability rating, effective from November 7, 1996.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and a back condition, but granted an increased rating of 20 percent for the left ankle disability effective March 29, 1999.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, a cyst on the back, post-traumatic stress disorder, fatigue as due to an undiagnosed illness, and stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and weight loss (claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness).

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the severity of his service-connected PTSD and whether he meets the criteria for TDIU based solely on his service-connected disability.