PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2005

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and fatty tumors of the right leg, finding that there was no credible evidence to support the veteran's claims.

An effective date of January 21, 2000 is granted for the assignment of a 50 percent rating for the veteran's PTSD.

The veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is being remanded due to the need to verify in-service stressors and conduct further medical examination.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for heat exhaustion (claimed as brain damage) and PTSD, but found that new evidence does not establish a link between these conditions and his military service.

The veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to incomplete records and the need to verify his reported stressor. Additional development is required, including obtaining medical records from various VA facilities and private providers, as well as verifying the alleged in-service stressor.

The Board dismissed the appeal due to the veteran's death, and thus has no jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of his claim.

The Board has remanded the case for a VA medical opinion to determine if the veteran's service-connected PTSD contributed to his death from drug and alcohol abuse.

The veteran's request for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing.

The veteran withdrew his appeal before the Board could make a decision, thus the case is dismissed.

The veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 70 percent from September 27, 2001. The Board has determined that the evidence supports a higher rating for this period.

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

The veteran's PTSD was not manifested by severe impairment in the ability to establish and maintain effective or favorable relationships with people, psychoneurotic symptoms of such severity and persistence that there is severe impairment in obtaining or retaining employment, occupational and social impairment due to such symptoms as suicidal ideation, obsessional rituals which interfere with routine activities, speech intermittently illogical, near-continuous panic or depression affecting the ability to function independently, impaired impulse control (such as unprovoked irritability with periods of violence), spatial disorientation, neglect of personal appearance and hygiene, difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances, and inability to establish and maintain effective relationships for the period prior to June 14, 1997.,For the period from June 14, 1997 through July 21, 1999, the veteran's PTSD was not manifested by attitudes of all contacts except the most intimate being so adversely affected as to result in virtual isolation in the community; totally incapacitating psychoneurotic symptoms bordering on gross repudiation of reality with disturbed thought or behavioral processes associated with almost all daily activities such as fantasy, confusion, panic and explosions of aggressive energy resulting in profound retreat from mature behavior; demonstrably unable to obtain or retain employment; total occupational and social impairment for the period.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim to reopen his PTSD service connection due to lack of new and material evidence, as no verified stressor event was provided.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development due to the lack of proper VCAA notice.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a request to USASCRUR for unit records research and a VA psychiatric examination. The veteran's claim of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.

The veteran's claim for service connection for left knee arthritis was denied, but his PTSD was granted with a rating of 70%.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete information and records, specifically regarding the specific in-service stressor for PTSD diagnosis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than January 4, 2002, for a 100 percent rating for PTSD. The RO increased the rating to 100 percent effective January 4, 2002, which is the earliest date that it was factually ascertainable that the veteran's PTSD had increased in severity.

The Board found that the veteran's service-connected PTSD contributed to his death, and granted basic eligibility for Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (Chapter 35).

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA psychiatric examination to determine if the veteran's current psychiatric conditions are related to her service and whether any pre-existing condition was aggravated by service.