PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2002

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30 percent disability rating, finding that the veteran's impairment of social and occupational function with reduced reliability and productivity meets the criteria for a 50 percent rating.

The Board found that the veteran did not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD and concluded that he does not have PTSD as a result of his period of active service.

The Board found no documented stressor to support a diagnosis of PTSD, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred, and thus the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim.

The Board granted an increased evaluation of 50 percent for the veteran's service-connected PTSD and denied entitlement to a TDIU.

The Board found that the evidence prior to February 26, 1998 did not support an evaluation in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased rating of PTSD, and the issue is dismissed.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is currently rated as 70 percent disabling. The Board has determined that the disability picture more closely approximates a total schedular rating for PTSD under both the old and new versions of the rating schedule, and therefore grants a 100 percent schedular rating.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD was denied, and his request to reopen a low back disability claim was also denied due to lack of new and material evidence.

The veteran's appeal is about the initial rating for posttraumatic stress disorder. The RO has remanded the case to allow a Travel Board hearing and to consider his claim of unemployability due to PTSD.

The Board found that the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder was submitted on August 28, 1997. As a result, the earliest effective date possible is August 28, 1997.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for PTSD and a chronic skin disorder due to insufficient evidence of in-service stressors and no credible supporting evidence that the claimed events occurred.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date of July 16, 1991, for the grant of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding no medical evidence of a diagnosis and concluding that the veteran did not engage in combat with an enemy. The appeal is based on direct service connection.

The Board found that the overpayment of VA disability compensation benefits was not properly created due to the RO's failure to terminate additional VA disability compensation benefits to the veteran's dependent son, and granted the appeal for waiver.

The Board found that the veteran was exposed to enemy combat in Vietnam and has a diagnosed PTSD related to such stressors, granting service connection for PTSD.

The Board dismissed the claim for an increased evaluation for perirectal abscess. The other issues were previously decided by the Court and are not subject to review on the grounds of clear and unmistakable error.

The Board denied increased disability evaluations for the veteran's PTSD and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, finding that neither condition warranted a higher rating based on current symptomatology.

The veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to October 31, 1996 for service connection of PTSD was dismissed due to the death of the veteran.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD. The veteran's claim will now be reviewed on its merits.