PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2002

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent effective from January 5, 2002. The appeal for earlier effective dates for the increased rating and TDIU benefits remains pending.

The Board found that the veteran does not suffer from PTSD and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD, memory loss, or organic brain syndrome related to service. The veteran's chronic headaches and bilateral hearing loss are not shown to be related to service. The scars on the left rib cage area were not incurred in service.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available under Diagnostic Code 9411. The RO has not granted a higher evaluation for his PTSD.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, warranting a 50 percent rating.

The VA determined that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and there is no credible evidence to support his claimed PTSD stressors. As a result, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The VA determined that the veteran's PTSD does not meet the criteria for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 2, 2000 for a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD due to insufficient evidence of total occupational and social impairment prior to that date.

The September 1998 decision denying the claim of entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is overturned, and the veteran's claim is granted.

The veteran was diagnosed with PTSD but the in-service stressor events were not verified, leading to a denial of service connection.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a 100 percent rating for PTSD and for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for PTSD, and the veteran's appeal on this issue is dismissed. The RO assigned a non-compensable rating for bilateral pterygia due to their lack of interference with visual acuity. For the residuals of a gunshot wound of the right thigh, the Board found that the preponderance of evidence supports a 30 percent rating.

The Board found no evidence to support service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder or chest injury, and denied the veteran's claims.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or a service-connected disability.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD results in total occupational impairment and major impairment in interpersonal relationships, warranting a 100 percent disability rating.

The Board has reopened the claim and determined that new evidence submitted since 1994, including official confirmation of a typhoon stressor, is sufficient to grant service connection for PTSD.

The veteran's claim for an increased initial rating of 50 percent for post traumatic stress disorder has been granted. The effective date remains unchanged at December 15, 1995.

The Board found that the appellant does not have PTSD and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the evidence did not show a clear diagnosis of PTSD. The veteran has now submitted new evidence, but it does not establish a current diagnosis or otherwise support reopening the claim.

The Board has remanded the case for an initial determination on service connection for alcohol dependence as secondary to PTSD and readjudication of the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD.