PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2005

The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for verification of his in-service stressor and an additional medical opinion regarding his PTSD diagnosis.

The VA determined that the veteran does not currently manifest PTSD and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD could not be attributed to his military service due to a lack of independently verifiable in-service stressful experiences.

The Board found that the veteran's PTSD was not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied his claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is attributable to service and grants the claim for service connection.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information for verifying one of the veteran's claimed stressors. The claim will be further evaluated after attempting to verify the stressor.

The Board has remanded the case to allow for additional development, including a VA examination and consideration of all relevant evidence.

The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of PTSD was granted, with the effective date set at October 29, 1999. The rating for lumbosacral strain remains unchanged.

The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is being remanded due to the need for further examination and verification of in-service stressors.

The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD and granted it, finding that new evidence received since the October 1999 decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for her PTSD with major depression and hypoactive sexual desire disorder is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including providing a VCAA letter and scheduling a VA psychiatric examination.

The veteran's service connection claim for PTSD is granted as the claimed stressor has been verified and a diagnosis of PTSD associated with wartime experiences has been made by medical examiners.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA PTSD examination and readjudication of the TDIU claim.

The Board finds no legal basis to grant an effective date earlier than May 21, 2003 for the award of service connection for PTSD.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD, finding that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The VA denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD and service connection for a skin disorder due to herbicide exposure. The decision also noted that his claim for service connection was reopened on new evidence, but did not assign any specific rating or effective date.

The veteran's PTSD was rated at 30 percent prior to April 12, 1999 and increased to 50 percent between April 12, 1999, and May 10, 2004. The RO granted a 100 percent rating for the veteran's PTSD effective from May 11, 2004.

The VA determined that the veteran does not currently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and denied his claim for service connection.

The VA has determined that the veteran's PTSD warrants a 70 percent rating, effective from November 14, 1997.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD is denied as his service connection was terminated on December 1, 2004.