PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2005

The Board finds that the veteran's service experience is consistent with combat, and his statements about stressors are credible. Therefore, the acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD is granted as incurred in service.

The veteran's appeal for an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder has been dismissed due to his death.

The veteran's PTSD is rated at the highest possible rating of 100 percent, and his postoperative prostate cancer residuals are rated at 40 percent. The shell fragment wound residuals of the left thigh remain noncompensably disabling.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 100 percent disabling, effective May 22, 2002. The RO has also granted entitlement to nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected PTSD, effective October 23, 1995.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, jungle rot of the feet, and gastrointestinal disability due to lack of competent medical evidence showing current disabilities related to service.

The Board has denied all service connection claims as there is no evidence of current disabilities related to active duty.

The veteran's claims for increased PTSD rating and TDIU are being remanded due to the submission of additional evidence. The VA will obtain relevant medical records and readjudicate the claims.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD, headaches, bilateral hearing loss, an ear disease/disorder, and a disability manifested by memory loss due to lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's claimed PTSD, requiring a VA examination.

The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hearing loss and PTSD are not service-connected. The decision on bilateral hearing loss is denied, while the evaluation of PTSD remains pending as some issues have been granted.

The veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of cold injuries to the lower extremities was denied as there is no evidence of such condition in service or continuity of symptomatology.,Service connection for a fracture of the right fifth metacarpal was also denied, with the RO finding that current disability does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including verifying the deaths of two individuals and scheduling a VA examination to determine if the veteran experiences PTSD.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to procedural defects in the VCAA notice and a lack of compliance with a previous Board remand.

The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD due to insufficient verification of claimed stressors and failure to cooperate with VA's efforts.

The veteran's PTSD was initially rated at 30% prior to March 22, 2004 and increased to 50% from that date. The initial rating of 30% is denied while the rating of 50% is granted.

The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic PTSD is service-connected, after considering all evidence of record and resolving reasonable doubt in his favor.

The veteran's PTSD has been rated at 10 percent since November 3, 1997. The VA determined that the current symptoms do not warrant a higher rating.

The veteran's claim for a higher initial rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the submission of new evidence and the need to obtain additional medical records. The case will be reconsidered by the RO.

The Board found that the appellant's bad conduct discharge from his October 1990 to July 1995 period of active duty was dishonorable, and thus a bar to VA benefits. The appellant argued he was insane at the time due to PTSD caused by his service in the Gulf War.