PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2002

The veteran's PTSD results in occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks, warranting a 30 percent rating.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of credible supporting evidence and clear and unmistakable evidence regarding preexisting conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome. The low back disability issue is pending as the RO has not adjudicated it yet.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for PTSD service connection and for a reduction in his PTSD disability rating to noncompensable.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat during his active service and there is no credible supporting evidence of an inservice stressor. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is related to his service, and thus grants service connection for PTSD.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD. However, the preponderance of the evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD, thus denying the claim.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied in September 1999, and the case is now pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The VA has granted service connection for PTSD and evaluated it as 10 percent disabling, effective from June 9, 1993. The veteran's current symptoms do not warrant a higher evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for her PTSD and TDIU ratings, finding that there was no prior claim or informal claim for service connection before December 29, 1995.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that his diagnosis was based on uncorroborated accounts of traumatic events and no credible supporting evidence of a confirmed stressor occurred during service.

The Board has determined that recovery of the overpayment would not violate the principles of equity and good conscience, thus granting the waiver.

The Board has determined that an earlier effective date of August 19, 1994 is warranted for the grant of service connection for PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and Hodgkin's lymphoma, both of which were reopened based on new evidence. The cause of death due to Hodgkin's lymphoma was also granted.

The Board found new evidence presented since the previous denial, but denied service connection for PTSD as it was not incurred in or aggravated by service.

The veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder has been found to meet the criteria for a 100 percent disability evaluation due to total occupational and social impairment.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to July 2, 1992, for a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD.

The veteran's back condition was not incurred in service and is not related to any service-connected disability. The veteran's PTSD has been granted a rating of 30% but the maximum available rating for PTSD is 100%.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for an increased disability evaluation for PTSD, as his symptoms do not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board denied an effective date earlier than February 1, 1993 for the grant of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder.