PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2004

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service medical records and scheduling a psychiatric examination. The veteran's claim will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The Board has remanded the case to allow for a hearing and to consider whether new evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to deficiencies in VCAA notice and because of a request for a videoconference hearing.

The May 1991 rating decision denying service connection for PTSD is upheld, as the evidence did not show a stressful incident or stressful type service. The veteran's effective date request was also denied.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, and heart disorders. The RO previously denied these claims in June 1994 without providing VCAA notice.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to procedural issues.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD related to an in-service gastrointestinal hemorrhage and denied the claim for a higher rating for duodenal ulcer disease. The veteran is entitled to a 10% disability rating for his duodenal ulcer disease.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, finding no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD and noting that the veteran has been diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia throughout his treatment records.

The Board has determined that the veteran's generalized anxiety disorder with PTSD warrants a 70 percent rating, reflecting severe industrial and moderately severe social impairment.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD based on credible supporting evidence of the veteran's in-service stressors. The claim for anxiety disorder is remanded for further development.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD cannot be granted as there is no credible supporting evidence of an in-service stressor upon which a diagnosis of PTSD was based.

The veteran's PTSD is associated with her military service, and she has been granted a 60 percent rating for pulmonary emphysema with history of asthma.

The veteran seeks service connection for PTSD, but the appeal is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding in-service stressors and exposure.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting examinations to determine if the veteran's conditions are related to his military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and PTSD. The decision found that there was no evidence of a verifiable stressor in his service records, and thus denied service connection for PTSD. For carpal tunnel syndrome, the evidence did not support a finding that it arose during or as a result of military service.

The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD, but has determined that there is not sufficient evidence to establish service connection.

The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his service-connected PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and scheduling a VA examination.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for further verification of his claimed stressors.

The VA has determined that the appellant's PTSD does not warrant a disability rating greater than 30 percent since the effective date of service connection.

The veteran's claim for VA pension benefits was denied as he failed to meet the percentage requirements and his disabilities did not render him unemployable.