PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2002

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board finds that his symptoms more closely approximate this rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than July 19, 1994 for service connection of PTSD. The claim was filed in July 1994 based on recent medical evidence diagnosing PTSD due to a reported in-service rape.

The veteran's estate is denied accrued benefits in excess of $4,379.69 due to the death being caused by a car accident and not related to his last illness (PTSD).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection for PTSD and a 30 percent rating for IBS, finding that the earliest date of entitlement was April 1, 1994 for PTSD and October 11, 1989 for IBS.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no medical evidence to support a link between his current conditions and his military service.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is not service-connected due to a lack of credible evidence confirming her reported in-service stressors, specifically a rape incident.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no current diagnosis of PTSD and insufficient evidence to link any post-service mental disorder with his period of service.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD due to new and material evidence. However, there is no credible supporting evidence that the veteran engaged in combat with the enemy during his active duty in Vietnam, thus preventing a direct service connection.

The Board found that the earliest date as of which it is factually ascertainable that an increase in service-connected PTSD had occurred to warrant a 100 percent schedular rating was October 19, 1999. Therefore, the effective date for the grant of a 100 percent schedular rating for PTSD prior to October 19, 1999 is denied.

The Board denied an effective date prior to September 27, 1984 for the grant of service connection for PTSD and awarded a 100 percent evaluation as of September 27, 1984. The decision does not contain clear and unmistakable error.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for an increased evaluation of his right knee disability and service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran does not have current disability from PTSD, and therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied.

The Board found no medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's diagnosed PTSD and any incident of service, and there is no credible evidence corroborating her alleged in-service stressor. Therefore, the claim for service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of a left ankle injury and post-traumatic stress disorder due to lack of current disability attributable to service, and the failure to present credible supporting evidence that the claimed inservice stressors occurred.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and there is no credible evidence corroborating his alleged in-service stressors. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied as the claimed condition was determined to be unrelated to military service.

The veteran's PTSD was initially rated at 30 percent prior to March 26, 1999 and later increased to 50 percent effective February 24, 2000.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected based on a verified in-service stressor, namely the stabbing incident during his military service. The claim for service connection is therefore granted.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for service connection for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to a lack of credible evidence supporting his claimed stressors and the absence of medical records diagnosing PTSD caused by any incident or event in service.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 50% since February 16, 1999. The left leg disability resulting in a radial lesion of the left distal tibia is rated at 20% from June 17, 1992.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no verifiable stressor related to his in-service experiences and thus not meeting the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD.