PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2004

The Board denied a claim for an increased rating of 30 percent for PTSD, finding that the evidence did not support such a higher evaluation.

The Board has determined that the RO did not exhaust all efforts in attempting to verify whether the veteran engaged in combat with the enemy and/or attempt to verify his alleged stressors. The case is REMANDED for further development.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to obtain missing service medical records and personnel files, as well as a VA examination to assess her current low back disability and bilateral knee disabilities.

The veteran's PTSD was not incurred as the result of her military service.

The veteran's diabetes mellitus is rated at 40 percent, the maximum allowed under VA rating criteria. Service connection for PTSD was granted.

The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD with depression and anxiety, effective December 3, 1997. The veteran is seeking an earlier effective date based on his original claim filed in September 13, 1982.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and nonservice-connected pension due to a lack of competent medical evidence showing current diagnosis of PTSD.

The veteran seeks service connection for PTSD. The case is being remanded due to the need for further development of the record, including verification of stressors and psychiatric examination.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and denied a rating higher than 20 percent for diabetes mellitus.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD was denied as the new evidence submitted by USASCRUR did not constitute official service department records that were lost or mislaid.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder is currently productive of occupational and social impairment with occasional decreases in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks, but not warranting a higher evaluation.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that there was no evidence of such a condition during or after service and thus it could not be linked to service.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of his claims, including an increased rating for PTSD, service connection for hypertension and coronary artery disease as secondary to PTSD, and TDIU.

The RO granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 30 percent disability evaluation, effective April 25, 2003. The veteran's claim for TDIU was not addressed in this decision.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there is no current evidence of PTSD and that earlier diagnoses did not consistently indicate PTSD. The Board also noted that the previously untranslated documents submitted by the veteran were not pertinent to the issue.

The Board has determined that the veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is related to service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD and headaches are service-connected based on credible in-service stressors. The other issues were denied as they did not meet the criteria for service connection.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for reopening his PTSD service connection was denied due to lack of new and material evidence.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat and there is no credible supporting evidence for his claimed stressors. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD is productive of incapacitating symptoms resulting in total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100 percent rating since the date of claim on September 4, 1997.