PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2003

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to new and material evidence. However, as the stressors alleged by the veteran are not verified, service connection cannot be established.

The Board has granted a higher disability rating of 70 percent for the veteran's PTSD, effective from April 21, 2000.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at 100 percent prior to July 30, 1999. His lumbosacral strain remains at a 20 percent rating.

The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected PTSD is productive of total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent evaluation.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including verification of stressors and VA examinations.

The veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional VA outpatient treatment records and a current VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has determined that the July 16, 1982 rating decision granting service connection for PTSD and assigning an effective date of November 13, 1981 was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board has determined that the July 1982 rating decision incorrectly assigned an effective date of November 13, 1981 for PTSD. The Board found CUE in not assigning a July 6, 1981 effective date and denied the request to assign an October 1968 effective date.

The veteran's appeal for service connection of post-traumatic stress disorder has been dismissed due to his death before the Board could make a decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service stressor and thus failing to meet one of the criteria for a grant of service connection.

The Board has ordered further development in the veteran's case due to pending issues and evidence. The appeal is currently remanded for additional consideration.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was incurred in active military service and granted his claim.

The veteran's claim for a higher evaluation for post-traumatic stress disorder was granted, with the effective date being June 20, 2001.

The Board has ordered further development due to pending issues and evidence. The case is now remanded for additional examinations and consideration.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development and readjudication due to recent court decisions invalidating certain VA regulations.

The appeal has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew their appeal prior to a decision being made.

The Board has ordered further development due to the need for additional evidence and clarification. The case is now being remanded back to the RO for a psychiatric examination.

The case is being remanded for further development, including obtaining the veteran's treatment records and arranging a urologic examination.

The Board is remanding the case to the RO for development and adjudication in compliance with the Court's decision in Disabled American Veterans v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Nos. 02-7304, -7305, -7316 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2003). The case will be remanded to ensure full and complete compliance with the duty-to-notify and duty-to-assist provisions of the VCAA.

The Board has ordered further development in the case due to pending issues and is remanding it back to the RO for additional consideration.