PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) decisions — 2006

The veteran's PTSD is service connected. His heart disease and hypertension are not service connected, but his dermatitis of the hands warrants a 10% rating.

The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining recent VA outpatient treatment records and scheduling a psychiatric examination to assess the current severity of his PTSD.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD was withdrawn. The case is being remanded to address the claim of service connection for lumbar disc disorder with herniation and radiculopathy.

The veteran's service-connected PTSD was productive of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity for the period from August 10, 1994 to November 20, 2003. For the period from November 21, 2003 to present, the veteran's PTSD resulted in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board found no evidence of a current chest pain disability and denied service connection for this condition. The claims for PTSD, bipolar disorder, and the skin disorder were also addressed but not decided as they are pending.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development and notification under the VCAA, including obtaining outstanding records from the Manchester Veterans Center and W. Hart, M.D., and arranging for a VA examination of the veteran's PTSD.

The Board has determined that the veteran's current skin disability, diagnosed as PCT, is not attributable to his in-service exposure to Agent Orange. The claim for service connection for PTSD was denied due to a lack of credible supporting evidence corroborating the veteran's statements regarding in-service stressors.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD, finding that there was no credible supporting evidence of in-service stressors and no medical evidence linking PTSD to a specific stressor.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder due to new and material evidence. However, the claim is denied as there is no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred.

The veteran's claim for an increased rating for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional VA treatment records and a new examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD as there was no credible supporting evidence that a claimed in-service stressor actually occurred.

The Board found that the May 1995 rating decision, which granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 10 percent disability rating, was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence of combat stressors and a need for further development, including obtaining credible supporting evidence for the veteran's claimed PTSD stressors.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records from the veteran's treatment at the 'VA Sun City Outpatient Clinic'. The appeal is now pending further action.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran is competent to manage his own affairs without limitation, and thus allowed the appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PTSD and therefore denied service connection for this condition. The claims for disability of the lumbosacral spine and right knee are addressed in a separate remand.

The veteran's claim of an initial rating greater than 30 percent for PTSD is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and a new examination.

The Board has determined that the criteria for entitlement to an effective date prior to May 17, 2001, for the grant of service connection for PTSD have not been met.

The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA psychiatric examination and notification of the information needed to substantiate his increased rating claim.

The Board found that the veteran did not engage in combat with the enemy and does not have PTSD as a result of a service stressor or other psychiatric disorder related to his military service. Therefore, service connection for PTSD was denied.