PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2002

The veteran's private medical expenses incurred on August 31, 2001 were not reimbursable as the treatment was for a non-emergent condition and VA facilities were available.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, effective October 1998. The evidence does not support a higher rating as the symptoms do not meet criteria for a more severe disability level.

The Board has granted a 40 percent rating for mandibular alveolar atrophy (MAA) and found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD, resulting in a grant of service connection.

The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD, but denied the claim due to lack of verified in-service stressors.

The Board found that the veteran's allegations of inservice stressors could not be verified and thus denied his claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Board has reopened the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD. The additional evidence submitted in support of the petition includes a diagnosis of PTSD and a VA opinion suggesting that a pre-existing psychiatric condition may have been aggravated by service.

The Board found no evidence of a diagnosed psychiatric disorder during service or within one year after service, and the veteran's claimed stressors were not verified. The claim for PTSD was denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 70 percent rating, effective from January 13, 1987.

The VA has determined that the veteran's cause of death, pulmonary arrest due to asthma, was not caused by or a result of his service-connected Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The veteran did not have a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability at the time of his death.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD, finding that the earliest possible effective date is March 27, 2000.

The Board has granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD effective January 15, 2000 and found that the earlier effective date of March 15, 2000 is warranted.

The veteran's PTSD produces total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 100 percent rating for the service-connected PTSD, finding that the disability picture prior to April 13, 1994, did not warrant such a higher rating.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 50 percent from September 13, 1999, forward.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder due to his failure to appear for a VA examination without good cause.

The Board found that the appellant does not currently have PTSD based on an in-service stressor and denied his claim for service connection.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD from October 8, 1996 to June 1, 1999. The criteria at that time did not support a higher evaluation.

The VA denied an increased evaluation for the veteran's PTSD, currently rated at 30 percent.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD, finding that the current disability meets the criteria for a 70% evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9411. The veteran is also granted a TDIU based on his service-connected PTSD.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was not incurred or aggravated during her active duty service and denied the claim.