PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2003

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD, residuals of a cold injury of the left and right feet, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, residuals of a fracture of the right clavicle, an inactive ulcer, and inactive hepatitis, prior to November 6, 1998.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen his previously denied claim. The RO reopened the claim based on a report from USASCRUR showing verified stressors during Vietnam service, but determined that the effective date should be November 26, 1999, when the veteran filed for reopening of his claim.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining a VA psychiatric examination to assess the veteran's PTSD and its impact on his ability to work. The M&ROC must ensure all notification and development actions are fully complied with under 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 5102, 5103, and 5103A.

The Board granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and assigned a 10 percent rating for the scars of a gunshot wound of the left foot.

The Board found the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD to be denied due to lack of credible evidence supporting his claimed stressors in service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of December 19, 2000 for a 100 percent rating for PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder due to a lack of verified inservice stressors, despite his reported combat experience and current diagnosis.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, due to disease or injury incurred in service. The evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD.

The veteran's PTSD is productive of total occupational impairment, and the Board has granted a 100 percent schedular evaluation for this condition.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and there is no credible supporting evidence to corroborate his reported inservice stressors, leading to a denial of service connection for PTSD.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD due to a failure to issue a Statement of the Case (SOC).

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible evidence of an in-service stressor and insufficient medical evidence linking current symptoms to a verified stressor.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for headaches and PTSD, as well as his claim for a compensable evaluation for hearing loss in the right ear. The evidence submitted since the April 1997 rating decision does not provide new or material evidence to support these claims.

The veteran's claim for a higher evaluation of PTSD was denied, and the effective date for service connection and compensation for PTSD was established as May 28, 1999. The right ear hearing loss issue was also denied.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for PTSD was denied, but his claim for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome was granted.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and depressive disorder, finding that the veteran's symptoms were not related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no evidence of a diagnosed PTSD and insufficient stressors to support the diagnosis.

The veteran's PTSD is manifested by total occupational and social impairment due to gross impairment in thought processes, persistent delusions causing sensitivity to noise and smells reminding him of Vietnam, and supervisors, grossly inappropriate behavior, intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living (including maintenance of minimal personal hygiene), disorientation to time or place, and memory loss for names of close relatives, one's own occupation or own name. The criteria for a disability evaluation of 100 percent for PTSD have been met.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals found that the evidence did not support a finding that the veteran suffered from PTSD, and thus denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD due to new and material evidence, but denied the claim as there was no verified in-service stressor or causal nexus.