PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2002

The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for PTSD and also denied his TDIU claim due to lack of service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD due to the lack of credible supporting evidence of any in-service stressors. Service connection for a back disability was not addressed as it will be remanded.

The VA has determined that the veteran's PTSD does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation, as his symptoms do not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.

The Board has granted a 100 percent disability rating for the veteran's service-connected PTSD, effective from January 1992.

The VA determined that the veteran's PTSD symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating, as they do not result in occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.

The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.

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

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, concluding that there was no evidence of a verified in-service stressor and thus no basis to establish PTSD as related to military service.

The Board has determined that the appellant's PTSD is related to his service in Vietnam and grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and has reopened the claim of service connection for an eye disorder, but new evidence does not establish a link between current symptoms and in-service stressors or combat experience.

The Board dismissed the appeal as moot because the underlying issue of entitlement to payment of attorney fees from past-due benefits was resolved by a later decision.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and skin cysts, but denied the claims for low back disability and multiple shell fragment wounds (SFW) of the right leg due to lack of evidence supporting these conditions. The skin cysts are presumed to be related to exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.

The veteran's PTSD results in significant occupational and social impairment, warranting a 70 percent evaluation. Right ear hearing loss is not service-connected due to lack of evidence linking it to service. Left ear tinnitus is secondary to the service-connected left ear hearing impairment.

The Board has determined that the veteran did not engage in combat and there is no credible supporting evidence of an inservice stressor for PTSD. The tinnitus was not shown to be related to service or noise exposure therein.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD was denied, and his claim of entitlement to a total rating based on unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is pending.

The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his PTSD service connection due to lack of new and material evidence, despite the veteran providing statements and testimony about inservice stressors.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his previously denied claim.

The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for PTSD and an increased evaluation for chronic bronchitis. The claim for PTSD was denied due to insufficient evidence of a combat-related stressor, while the claim for bronchitis resulted in a grant of a 10% evaluation effective from the date of claim.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and an earlier effective date for a grant of service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy, and there is no credible supporting evidence of any claimed stressors or diagnosis of PTSD. The Board also found that the earliest date of claim for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was March 28, 1994, which predated the effective date of service connection.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of corroborating evidence of stressors in service and no diagnosis based on confirmed stressor events.