PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2005

The veteran seeks service connection for PTSD, which is secondary to personal assault. The case is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and notification of sources other than service records that may corroborate the stressor incident.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD. The claim will now be reviewed.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a diagnosed psychiatric disability, including PTSD, and therefore service connection cannot be granted.

The veteran is entitled to a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD from the effective date of service connection (April 7, 2003) to the present.

The VA is required to provide the appellant and his representative a VCAA notice letter in connection with the increased rating claim for PTSD. The RO should then re-adjudicate the claim on appeal, including any additional evidentiary development deemed necessary.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat with an enemy and thus, his claimed PTSD is not service-connected. The issue of total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability resulting from service-connected disabilities was addressed but not specified as granted or denied.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is a result of in-service stressors and grants service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD due to a lack of credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor occurred.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claim.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent disabling, which does not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The Board denied his claim for an increased rating and also denied his TDIU claim.

The VA has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 50 percent disability rating, effective May 5, 2002. The veteran's symptoms include social isolation, difficulty sleeping, concentration issues, startle reactions, and avoidance of reminders of his Vietnam experiences.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for TDIU due to the lack of factual ascertainability that the veteran was unemployable prior to June 18, 1996.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 16, 1994, for a 100 percent evaluation for PTSD was denied as the evidence did not demonstrate that his PTSD warranted such a rating prior to that date.

The Board has granted a higher rating of 50 percent for the veteran's PTSD, effective July 24, 1998 (excluding periods of temporary total hospitalization ratings).

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to lack of verification of the veteran's claimed in-service stressors.

The Board found that the veteran's claimed in-service stressors have not been verified, and therefore denied his claim for service connection for PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no evidence of combat involvement and insufficient information to verify the claimed in-service stressors. The veteran's diagnosis of PTSD is uncertain due to a lack of specific details about his alleged stressors.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and granted it, finding new evidence consistent with his military service stressors.

The veteran's initial grant of service connection for PTSD was upheld, with a 30 percent evaluation assigned from March 27, 1991 to February 10, 1997.

The VA denied the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD, finding no current diagnosis and insufficient evidence to establish a link between his military service and his claimed condition.